I finally got these masked and painted. I used the Montex masks designed for the kit. The fit was good on the side panes, rear portion, and of course the kit windscreen that I used. The masks for the curved top portions of the canopy were too small. Fortunately, the Montex set includes masks for the inside of the canopy too. I wasn’t about to attempt that on these vac canopies. I used the masks intended for the insides of the upper canopy to extend the those on the outside.
The Montex set is designed for the T-6G which featured canopies without a frame in he middle of the side panels. I simply painted the four missing frames by hand , masked with tape after I sprayed the canopies. I sprayed flat black, and then silver with a couple of passes with Tamiya spray cans. I’m happy the way they turned out. The Montex vinyl masks performed better then I expected. They do tend to lift off of compound curves, which is fixed by cutting the mask at the point where it lifts and pressing the vinyl back down. After a short drying time, I installed them. I also made landing light covers from tape at this point. Again the kit clear parts are pretty bad in that area too. I’ll post the plane on the main page later today. Thanks for following!
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