hi every one i need your help again ,, im building dragons new m1a1 aim and i would like to know how to get the pink look right on the
periscopes , weather i can use a colour straight from the pot or do i need to mix a number of paints , i do have an air brush and compresor now so i can spray them as well if that gives a better finish , whick is normally the case , thanks in advance guys ,
p.s. please tell me what kind of paint and colour is best to use

Ian,
The easiest way I found to replicate the periscopes on modern tracks is to use multi colored plastic party confetti.

That is waht i used on my M1 Panther II here:



Just cut it to shape and glue with regular white glue.

Gino has anpther good way of painting his periscopes by painting on silver first and then using Tamiya's clear paints. He answered some one elses quistion on this a few days ago, just go to Ginos profile and click on the topics he posted.

Oh, Ian, they actually change more colors than pink, from red to green to purple to the pink you are talking about. Just depends on the lighting and what angle you look at it.

The vision blocks are actually coated with an anti-laser coating. They do change color when vuewd form different angles. I generally keep them all a reddish color, as they look to me. I do this by first painting them black. Next I put on a coat of clear red over top. Lastly, I put a couple coats of clear gloss over top. They look great and change color from a red, to blue, to purple, etc. when viewed from different angles.

Guess Pete and I answered at about the same time. Both techniques are good ways. Hope they help. Good luck.

Great minds think alike SIR!

I like using your technique because cutting liitle confetti even smaller tend to get a little tedious. I did say my technique was the easiest, not the fastest.

thanks to both of you i will adopt both methods , still the new dragon m1a1 has the blocks in clear plastic so i think i will go with a few thin coats of tamiyas clear red , this coat was not on the tanks i drove from 1989-1992 , thanks for your help guys , now i can really start to build up my abrams