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Post by hobbybobby on Oct 10, 2019 16:47:30 GMT -6
I've been painting for a while now, but I've recently started to think about working with the transparent parts of various kits…
… and I'm wondering what kind of techniques I can use to paint them.
Has anyone else got advice on the kind of transparent colors that can be used to spruce up clear parts?
I'm especially interested in hearing techniques that are maybe not so common…
… so, for example, do not spray with a clear Color on it...
… I mean more so, can you immerse the clear parts in something, (a home remedy mixture or something)…
... leave them for a while in and then they are colored, (yellow, green, blue, orange, red, etc.) still transparent and not dull?
Thanks in Advance, any ideas?
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Post by 41chevy on Oct 10, 2019 21:23:55 GMT -6
I use Tamiya Clear colors in the jars not the spray cans. I find with the five colors I can mix and tint I want and even use say the red and blue to get a purple or burgundy.I air brush it and can also vary the tint top to bottom. I also spray very ,very light coats of Alclad to give windows a semi translucent mirror tint.
I have heard of people using food coloring dye mixed with Future but never tried it. Paul
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Post by rocketeer on Oct 11, 2019 9:02:33 GMT -6
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Post by Ace on Oct 11, 2019 10:22:24 GMT -6
When I raced slot cars in the 60's we used to dye clear plastic bodies with fabric dye...here in the U.S. a common brand is RIT. The dye instructions call for boiling hot water, which would obviously warp a clear lexan body and possibly thicker clear cast parts found in model kits, but hot tap water works just fine. Cold water will not give the desired effect. This is not an instant process, but one that takes a few hours. I never had the need to reheat the water, just a good soak will color the parts. Some guys ran the bodies in the transparent state, straight out of the dye,and some would undercoat with silver, gold,white or whatever. It's an interesting effect.
As a side note, you can drop a die cast car in the same solution and change the color of the paint as well as tint the windows.The chrome will not be affected.
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Post by kabdriver on Oct 11, 2019 14:30:03 GMT -6
I haven't tried it myself yet, but some guys swear by adding some food coloring to Future clear and just dunking the parts in there to tint them
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Post by rocketeer on Oct 11, 2019 15:08:30 GMT -6
I wouldn't think food coloring would be UV-resistant enough to last. Plus, my luck with coating clear parts with Future has been...bad.  |
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Post by patw on Oct 12, 2019 0:40:27 GMT -6
I have a couple of spray tins that say that they are a tint for clear parts but I've never tried it! They are both Tamiya as far as I remember.
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Post by kabdriver on Oct 12, 2019 14:44:34 GMT -6
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Post by Paul B. Canney on Oct 14, 2019 5:11:10 GMT -6
It's a little too gimmicky for me
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Post by flounder on Oct 16, 2019 20:31:57 GMT -6
I have used Tamyia smoke clear through an airbrush. It water based so if there is an imperfection you can wash it off and try again. I also heated RIT dyes and dipped the clear plastic in it. Both of these produced a nice light tint to a darker tint as desired. I also used real window tint which came out pretty dark.
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Post by hobbybobby on Oct 17, 2019 5:01:38 GMT -6
Thank you for your answers!  I would like to tint a glass dome/bubble in a darker green kolor, as I said, it should be clear and glossy transparent... … and no, I do not want to paste a foil or somthing...  |
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Post by rocketeer on Oct 17, 2019 10:01:11 GMT -6
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Post by kabdriver on Oct 17, 2019 12:44:35 GMT -6
Maybe something like this would be an easy way to achieve that Bobby - this paint is designed for R/C car bodies, which are clear and you spray them from the inside to protect the paint: spraygunner.com/tamiya-polycarbonate-aerosol-paint-translucent-green-ps-44/If you're painting a clear part where you can paint it inside you'd keep the shine of the clear plastic without any extra effort |
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Post by TooOld on Oct 17, 2019 13:14:52 GMT -6
Maybe something like this would be an easy way to achieve that Bobby - this paint is designed for R/C car bodies, which are clear and you spray them from the inside to protect the paint: spraygunner.com/tamiya-polycarbonate-aerosol-paint-translucent-green-ps-44/If you're painting a clear part where you can paint it inside you'd keep the shine of the clear plastic without any extra effort Good idea Jim but not with that paint . The Tamiya PS sprays are for polycarbonate and are very hot lacquer , they WILL attack the styrene unless there is some kind of barrier sprayed first . Use the Tamiya TS spray clears for tinting windows , these are synthetic lacquers and not hot at all . Unfortunately they only make blue - red - orange - smoke in TS sprays but they have a Clear Green acylic #X-25 (small jar) that works great thru an airbrush . |
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Post by kabdriver on Oct 17, 2019 14:28:53 GMT -6
Ahh, my bad - don't try those then  |
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Post by willys36 on Nov 1, 2020 17:38:49 GMT -6
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Post by kabdriver on Nov 4, 2020 15:59:40 GMT -6
I love that Mysterion clone so much, what an amazing build. And the model is KILLER too!
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