Clear Colour Paint

[Surrender_Monkey]

Recently I've been interested in the idea of using clear paint to do canopies and other clear parts, here's an exampleon youtube:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH1ffArWJ-4

 

Has anyone tried this stuff before? How did you get on?

 

I have a couple of questions:

 

1. Is this stuff water based, or do I need some special solvent to clean my brush?

 

2.This example appears to be using Humbrol paint, I've had a look I can only find clear red, orange and green from Humbrol. I would ideally like blue (preferably light verging on turquoise , but darker will do), do Humbrol do clear blue, and if not, are there any other brands that do it?

 

Edit: 3. I notice in the video he paints the inside of the canopy with clear paint, some of the canopies I would like to paint have already been glued on, would this technique work painting the outside instead?

 

Orange would be my second colour choice, so I'm probably going to try it anyway.

 

Thanks in advance.

[Grand Master Belial]

I have used thinned inks or really thinned paints in the past with good results. Primarily on some warp engines of some 3k starships. It works best on the reverse side to maintain the glossy plastic so the glued on canopies may be problematic.

[Lucien Eilam]

1. Is this stuff water based, or do I need some special solvent to clean my brush?

 

2.This example appears to be using Humbrol paint, I've had a look I can only find clear red, orange and green from Humbrol. I would ideally like blue (preferably light verging on turquoise , but darker will do), do Humbrol do clear blue, and if not, are there any other brands that do it?

The Humbrol paint used in that video is an enamel. You typically use turpentine or white spirit to thin the paint or clean up.

 

Tamiya Clear is another range used for this. They're alcohol-based acrylics, which are much easier to work with, you can clean up with plain water.

 

That range includes blue. The shade is fairly dark, a sort of royal blue, but thinned down it'll look much lighter. They also have plain "Clear", which you could try mixing with turquoise ink.

[Surrender_Monkey]

 

1. Is this stuff water based, or do I need some special solvent to clean my brush?

 

2.This example appears to be using Humbrol paint, I've had a look I can only find clear red, orange and green from Humbrol. I would ideally like blue (preferably light verging on turquoise , but darker will do), do Humbrol do clear blue, and if not, are there any other brands that do it?

The Humbrol paint used in that video is an enamel. You typically use turpentine or white spirit to thin the paint or clean up.

 

Tamiya Clear is another range used for this. They're alcohol-based acrylics, which are much easier to work with, you can clean up with plain water.

 

That range includes blue. The shade is fairly dark, a sort of royal blue, but thinned down it'll look much lighter. They also have plain "Clear", which you could try mixing with turquoise ink.

 

 

This was exactly what I was looking for, thankyou.

 

I have an ancient falcon (that needs to be stripped anyway ) that I can test out painting the outside of the canopy on, if all else fails I could probably pry off the existing glued ones.

[Black_out]

My vote would go Tamiya as well. I use loads of their clear red (mostly for blood splatter) but intend to use it for a few vehicle canopies as well. It's super easy to work with