I have a Corsair that has been an open-cockpit airplane for the last 3 years -I just could not bring myself painting the canopy. It's vacuform, and the ribs are so subtle (and the canopy is warping at the slightest touch), that the usual methods (parafilm, masking fluid, tamiya tape) do not work. Should I try to get a colored decal-sheet and use that? (Maybe the blue stripes from the USAF signs....)
I'm actually in love with these. This is the fist one, and it's amazing how much clearer and "real" they look compared to the styrene versions. Only that pesky painting... (It'd be a good practice to a B-25 vacuform canopy...)

Thank you.

try painting some spare decal the colour you need , so you get an exact match , and slice it into strips , and apply . easy and much neater than using a brush / airbrush . no seep ! if you paint the interior colour first , so you get the inside done at the same time and stops the translucent effect of some paints .. it gives a realistic edge and puts no srain on the thin vac . he hee !