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by davee52uk
Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:40 am
Forum: Everything else
Topic: Scale colour
Replies: 2
Views: 2160

Scale colour

Making any sort if model is recreating a real object viewed from a distance. With 1/144 scale this us quite a big distance. As we move further away from an object colours become less bright and paler to our eyes. We can get round this by adding white to mute the brightness of colours. If the colours...
by davee52uk
Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:04 pm
Forum: Aviation
Topic: Canopies
Replies: 8
Views: 4358

Re: Canopies

Thank you for many interesting replies
by davee52uk
Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:24 am
Forum: Aviation
Topic: Canopies
Replies: 8
Views: 4358

Canopies

I have noticed that many of the models have blacked out canopies. This may be due to the thickness of the clear plastic in kits which is not at all like the real thing scaled down. My question is - is the black paint applied to the inside or outside of the plastic?