The canopy is frosted!
I outline the canopy "framework" with 3M 471+ 1/8 fine line tape. On the "windshield" frame I like to put a taper as it goes to the bottom of the frame work. It seems to add some "beefiness" to the structure and looks authentic. Once taped and masked off I use my Badger 350 single action airbrush to very lightly go over the whole area to begin the frosting. I usually do this with the airbrush a little bit further a way from the canopy. I try to get individual dots of paint. I don't over do this. A little goes a long way. Otherwise you'll end up with a darker canopy. Once the whole area is "spotted" I readjust my airbrush to give me a nice small "foggy" type of pattern. I then go all around the outline and up the vertical frame work. I usually start off the canopy and move the airbrush onto the area I want sprayed. Again, I go with just a little at a time and go around several times till I get what I want. When that's done, I then go to the corners and spray a small radius of frosting onto each one. You can see what I mean in the pictures. Remember what Windy would say, "less is more". Don't over do it. Under do it is better.
After I unmask the canopy, I then spray on a coat of clear to protect the "fragile" frosting.
The frosting seems to darken after a coat or 2 of clear, that's why you don't want to over do it.
Then once that is dry, I'll spray the whole model with a coat of clear to seal all the colors and trim. Then it'll be on to the inking. Stay tuned!