Posted by Sebastian Brad Comyns on July 01, 1999 at 04:22:42 in 207.166.219.226:
In Reply to: "To Paint or not to Paint" posted by David DeJarnett on June 30, 1999 at 23:35:09:
Oh the blisters Ive gotten on my fingers from spending hours with a pin drill and the amounts of plastic odors I've inhaled from playing with Dremel's to keep from spending hours with that pin drill.
The best results Ive gotten:
Hallow out all the portholes with the pin drill (have a lot more control over the tool than a Dremel).
Paint the insides of the large portholes copper (no, I have no proof that there was copper seals around those portholes... just a little artistic lisence).
Fill all the portholes with Aircraft Canopy Glue (or Testor's Window Glue, etc) to simulate the glass... you really dont see much of it but there's a hint of gleem of the "glass".
Paint the inside of the model white... the white just barely shows through the now glued over windows but look a little better than a black window on a black hull.
Brad