K5IKL Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Do all F-16's have the smokey gray canopy or are some of them clear? Working on the Hasegawa "C" which comes with a clear canopy but says to make it smoke gray. Not sure I want to try that or how you go about doing it. Don't want to screw it up which I am more than likely to do. Cheers, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashotgun Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 depends on the jet it is more of a golden color . Is this the tamiya? they come with both the goldish color and the clear. also some have the main canopy dark and the aft clear. One thing you can do if you want smoke is dip it in future then over coat with dilute smoke acrylic form tamyia paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Think AFV Club sells tinted F-16 canopies as an aftermarket. you can get them through lucky models. but they're designed for the Academy kit not Hasegawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Hi Jerry, Depends on the period of the jet you are modeling. Earlier models had the canopy plated with gold (to reduce the radar cross section) which gives the brown tint. Later models have a product which gives a green tint. Future with a tint works or Tamiya clear colors sprayed on very thin sort of works as well. The Green is easy to replicate, to get a clear brown is more difficult. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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