Window Surrounds

[lingham]

How is best to paint them as I said before I tried permenant marker and it looked awful and messy.

ANyone got any tips?

[vypurr59]

Mask on inside and paint with acrylic paints. I tape an X-acto blade to pieces of styrene, to get the proper "leg" to edge the mask evenly.

This is for the windows. Like the black surrounding, on factory cars.

Edited March 30, 2014 by vypurr59

[tbill]

do you mean the trim around window openings? if so, try some bare metal foil [bMF] only way to go in my opinion. it can be a bit tricky, but with some patience and practice it works excellent.

[lingham]

If you imagine the windows themselves and then around the window is a black "plastic/rubber" seal

[935k3]

Nothing looks better than proper masking with a good tape like Tamiya's and airbrushing the trim.

[62rebel]

I think he's trying to represent the visible rubber edge beside the chrome/stainless trim. maybe a paint marker edge-on would work; I seldom go to that length on my kits. wiper blades, yeah..... going back and looking at a lot of my builds, I see where 1:1's would be showing weatherstripping under the edge of the window tops on hardtops with the windows "down" (since almost no kits have full glass).... using dissimilar paint might help prevent the black "rubber" color affecting the silver (if painted) trim when applying. just throwing a few suggestions out there.

[vypurr59]

Acrylic Paints could be used over any Paint finish. They do not interact with lacquers or enamels. I have even used them over Future without any interactions.

[lingham]

I think he's trying to represent the visible rubber edge beside the chrome/stainless trim. maybe a paint marker edge-on would work; I seldom go to that length on my kits. wiper blades, yeah..... going back and looking at a lot of my builds, I see where 1:1's would be showing weatherstripping under the edge of the window tops on hardtops with the windows "down" (since almost no kits have full glass).... using dissimilar paint might help prevent the black "rubber" color affecting the silver (if painted) trim when applying. just throwing a few suggestions out there.

Spot on!