Red Five Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Hi Does anyone know a good way of giving the anti laser lens coating on a leopard 2 vision blocks. I've seen the afv club sheets but can only find them via poland so go only knows when they will arrive. I've tried painting in the past and they look rubbish. I really want these to look the biz. Tia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Maybe something like the guys use to recreate the HUDs in modern fighters? Some iridescent film that can be cut to size and glued using PVA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Believe it or not, confetti. You can buy shiny stuff that has a prismatic coating and, cut up small, apparently looks quite convincing. I’ve not tried it myself, but there are people on Armorama and Track-Link who say good things about it. As an alternative, especially if you aren’t comfortable with plastic being used for confetti, is clear ink. The most common colours that show up on that coating are black, purple and vermilion. Black would be easy; if you want the others, layers over fine-grained silver would probably work. Choose your ink carefully, though. Some of it doesn’t accept a second coat very happily. I’ve found that with Winsor & Newton, and I normally swear by that stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickfromcheshire Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 The Works sell packs of prismatic Sellotape that looks pretty good to my eyes - about £2 for enough to do every model you'll ever build, in a choice of colour combinations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsman Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I got a roll of irridescent sticky film in a craft shop. Looks a lot like the AFV Club film. But it's clear and so you would need to apply it over a colour. PM me your address and I'll send you a piece if you like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Five Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Das Abteilung said: I got a roll of irridescent sticky film in a craft shop. Looks a lot like the AFV Club film. But it's clear and so you would need to apply it over a colour. PM me your address and I'll send you a piece if you like. This is what I feel is the right thing. I've seen the confetti. I have some great film but cutting it that small and making it look well....not poo-poo is a challenge.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 I've used Tamiya transparent red paint to achieve the look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demiles Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Green Stuff World make a range of colour shift paints that work really well, time consuming as you have to apply one thin layer at a time but the result is fantastic. link of on type http://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/chameleon-acrylic-paints/736-chameleon-colorshift-evil-forest-paint.html link to all http://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/153-chameleon-acrylic-paints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texans Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Makes my attempt with clear styrene sheet tinted with a red permanent marker and the once glued in place Filled from rear with white glue so dries clear seem very basic looking at above tips lol D - for me must try harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Tessitori Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 I've built a Leopard 2a6 recently. Looking at many photos, I haven't seen iridescence or other optical effects, not even the purple seen on many other tanks. Are you sure that it should show any of these effects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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