Best way of simulating periscope lenses?

[43rdRecceReg]

Krystal Klear is good stuff. For the spotlight on my Jumbo I put a small LED in the back and then filled the whole thing with Krystal Klear and it looks the goods. For periscopes I just cut pieces of clear plastic from that hard packaging that everything seems to come in these days and glue it in with Krysytal Klear. Paint the back with a translucent Vallejo paint in the shade of your choice and the jobs done.

Thanks, B
I have tried the clear packaging before, that cream cakes come in, but found it difficult to cut shapes in. Also, the nearest outlet for cream cakes is some 76 miles distant
In the meantime, I've ordered some KK.

[Son of a gun-ner]

How about cutting up an old CD or DVD to make the lenses. They should give you that "glass" look.
This is what I intend to do

[43rdRecceReg]

How about cutting up an old CD or DVD to make the lenses. They should give you that "glass" look.
This is what I intend to do

I've already tried the transparent disc that accompanies packs of DVD-Rs, and CD-Rs, Mick- but it's difficult to stop them 'crazing' when being cut.

[Son of a gun-ner]

How about cutting up an old CD or DVD to make the lenses. They should give you that "glass" look.
This is what I intend to do

I've already tried the transparent disc that accompanies packs of DVD-Rs, and CD-Rs, Mick- but it's difficult to stop them 'crazing' when being cut.

Dam, that's probably because they are a sandwich of materials 0

[Rattlesnake road]

I use new cd case clear plastic for my tanks

[midlife306]

If you’re struggling with the finish on cd case material, sand with the finest wet & dry then use good old fashioned Brasso metal polish on a rag, it polishes it up perfectly


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[Son of a gun-ner]

If you’re struggling with the finish on cd case material, sand with the finest wet & dry then use good old fashioned Brasso metal polish on a rag, it polishes it up perfectly

I can confirm, Brasso is very close to that CD/DVD repair fluid. Or should I say, that fluid is close to Brasso in composition

[43rdRecceReg]

The ones shown in the Abrams pic, above, look very impressive, but in the manual, X23 (Clear blue) and X-19 (Smoke) are cited as the paints used on the visions blocks and periscopes...

Tamiya Abrams vision blocks

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It's difficult to see how the apparent 3-D depth of the blocks in the photo can be achieved simply using two flat colours.
Just curious, that's all.

[Son of a gun-ner]

Roy, they'd be XF 23 and XF 19 if they were flat colours.

[ronnie42]

The question could be was the photo taken with the flash on.