Painting clear parts?

[Howielong]

Well i started a new kit. Montero by Tamiya. Very nice build up so far. Well the question is that the hood is clear and i wanted to know is there any thing i can do to paint it. I might just leave it clear to show off the motor detail i do later. And help is thanked.

[DJSurfer1239]

Hey, I'm building the Tamiya 300ZX im building right now. I was thinking of leaving the hood clear to show off the engine. If you wan to paint it, dont paint it straight with the spraypaint or airbrush. PRIMER it, I made that mistake once on the Revell ITG by painting the light silver and it came out ugly. I striped it and then primer it. It came out great. So remember to primer clear parts first. If you want it clear, leave it clear and put a couple of layers of clear! Hope this helps!

[Howielong]

Thanks.

[pre98zetec]

Just paint it like a regular body.. Just watch out those clear hood's crack very very easy.

[sjelic]

another cool thing is to paint it with clear paint (like red for tail lights) without primer of course, you will have nice see through hood in body colour

[primera man]

Prime it like you would do when painting the body then paint the top coat over it when dry.

[dyowelb]

or you can paint it w/ tamiya clear smoke...kinda tinted effect