Folkbox1 Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 (edited) At telford I picked up a copper state models service man on tea break 1:35 scale. The figure has goggles round his cap above the peak. How would you recommend I paint it to show the glass over the material of the cap. I use acrylics. Thanks Edited November 12, 2018 by Folkbox1 add paint type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 (edited) Once upon a time when i was building a lot of tanks. I would drill out the lenses and fill-in with clear pva tinted appropriately to get a 3-d effect. Edited November 12, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayprit Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Folkbox1 said: How would you recommend I paint it to show the glass over the material of the cap. I use acrylics Little Cars make miniscule clear lenses that will do you. Check them out, 1mm should be an ideal size for glass in goggles. They do have a silver backing, but this can be prised off and the plain glass dropped in...……….I use all their lenses for my Accurate Armour lights, be it tanks, armoured cars or soft skinned vehicles. Paul is on the site somewhere, failing that, just google little cars and check out his site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folkbox1 Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 Thanks, wish I'd known at Telford on Saturday as I think Little Cars were there too 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick4350 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Carefully cut slide glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Paint the cap colour into the recess first, then use the relevant clear paint, tinted or clear gloss, as appropriate. Thin it a bit so that it flows and voila, lenses. It's 1/35, an indication of the lenses is all that's needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folkbox1 Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share Posted November 26, 2018 Thanks Chaps, I will mull over the which method to adopt and let you know how I get on - although that might be a while yet LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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