Translucent paint?

[Lawton Maner]

I'm getting ready to paint some San Juan details telephone insulators.  I would like to do them in a translucent green color much like the traditional Coke bottle here in the US.  Any suggestions from the forum?

[shropshire lad]

Tamiya do translucent paints in green , red and I think yellow. I have painted clear HO bottles using their green paint and they look fine .

[Lawton Maner]

I found it in a spray can.  Does it come as a brush on paint?

[shropshire lad]

Yes it does . It is available in their standard sized glass jars . There are in fact six colours

   X19 Smoke
   X23 Blue
   X24 Yellow
   X25 Green
   X26 Orange
   X27 Red

   There are a number of videos on YouTube showing how they can be used.

[Bill Gill]

Lawton, the lower utility pole arm in the photo was molded in clear styrene. The green insulators on it were coated with a thin layer of opaque green Gouache that was mixed into clear gloss acrylic varnish. (Click photo to enlarge). They look translucent "Coke bottle green".