canopy inside and outside?

[ceecrb1]

Ok, painting aircraft canopies..

If the cockpit interior calls for one colour, and the outside another...
Would it work if I painted the interior colour on the "outside" then painted the exterior colour over it using the outer masks? Ie like painting rc car shells......

Or will I really need to mask the inside and paint that?

 

[Elm City Hobbies]

Nope, that is exactly how it is done. All the canopy lines are usually on the outside anyway.

Mask, Interior color, then exterior color, unmask and viola!

 

[ceecrb1]

eeeeexxxcelent

 

[sunsanvil]

On some canopies I've masked BOTH inside and outside, painting each separately, but admittedly the subtlety is likely never noticed.

 

[Ziz]

It's also harder to get the alignment right if you do the double mask thing. End result, single mask/double paint is easier and looks more accurate to the naked eye.