Painting a Raptor

[b0gh0s]

Looking for Recommendations on technique and materials for doing an airbrush job on a Raptor canopy. I know the plastic is kind of funky and I am assuming regular Lexan or model paint would flake off after some use. Can anyone make some recommendations? Thanks.

[dru]

All ovewr the net there is information on hopw to paint the bleach bottle canopy's on the Raptor.

The way I did it was to get some flexable bumper primer. Bull dog, Semi are 2 brands. Sand the plastic until thee is NO shinny spots. Apply two coats of the bumper primer. I then sanded again and applied testors NEON colors with an air brush. I then top coated all of it with a 2 part clear coat I got from an automotive paint store.

After a couple of crashs it needs a new paint job. THe plastic is so flexable that the paint will not stick for ever but if you dont crash it will last for a while.

Dru.

[Charlie06]

The best thing to do is find someone that knows how to work with plastic. That's what I did.
My heli's (http://www.villagephotos.com/viewpubimage.asp?id_=1139468&selected=121351)