Thinning Tamiya paint for brush painting.

[Laurie]

Hand brushing my go to is. good colour selection.

Laurie

 

[Pantherman]

Hand brushing my go to is. good colour selection.

Laurie

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That must be a hell of a model if you need that much paint !!!!!! Pantherman

 

[Laurie]

That must be a hell of a model if you need that much paint !!!!!! Pantherman

Always go for quality. 4" brush & finished in no time.

 

[GCB]

Ok thanks.. guess will need to practice more (mainly with the 4" brush!!!)

 

[CY343491]

Well I have 7 bottles of Mr Hobby aqueous.

They lurk in the dust on the top shelf of my paint bar.
Been there a long time so can only think I was not impressed.

Laurie

I can't find the difference between Mr Hobby aqueous and tamiya acrylics, really

 

[GCB]

Agree.. I use tamiya acrylilcs and/or Mr Color lacquer, no Mr Hobby aqueous

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

Look at AK Interactive Real Color has a much larger range of colors.

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

Enamel paints are practically bulletproof in gloss paints. MCW Finish paints has the best wide selection for auto colors.

 

[Laurie]

Find it incredible that

Enamel paints are practically bulletproof in gloss paints. MCW Finish paints has the best wide selection for auto colors.

For testing do you actually fire at your models ?

 

[scalebuilderchad]

I almost always hand bruch Tamiya X and XF paints. I very rarely airbrush those paints.

When I do need to thin them for a wash, or in the rare case I airbrush them, I use water. I hear people talk about clumping or other problems, but I have been using water for years with no issues at all.

Having said that. I recently started using Mr Leveling Thinner to thin Tamiya X, XF, and LP paints. And I must say that the Mr Leveling Thinner is great. It really does help the paints lay down smoother, and the paints seem to cure faster.

 

[scalebuilderchad]

You think so? My problem with Tamiya's clear acrylics is that they never fully harden. You can put masking tape down on their XF paints with no problems usually (although I belive it's their "Sky Blue" that always leaves masking tape patterns). Their gloss paints are disappointing. Hold a part for too long and your fingerprint will cook into the surface. Masking will just plain ruin the glossy surface. Car models typically demand a high-gloss finish. A few years ago I built an AMT Oldsmobile and made the choice to use Tamiya acrylics for the paint job. That caused a lot of headaches and I had to keep re-polishing the body. I'll never use Tamiya gloss acrylics for something like that ever again. OTOH, Mr. Hobby Aqueous, which was re-formulated a few years ago, dries very sturdily and is not affected by masking tape, fingerprints, etc.

I wonder what happened in your case?

Tamiya paints always dry fast for me. It is the main reason I use them. Other brands have more colors to choose from, but Tamiya paints perform better and dry faster. So I stick with them.

 

[Laurie]

I wonder what happened in your case?

Tamiya paints always dry fast for me. It is the main reason I use them. Other brands have more colors to choose from, but Tamiya paints perform better and dry faster. So I stick with them.

Could not agree more.

Hand painting a maniacs choice they dry frantically quickly. You have no choice on shadowing etc. & on choosing your paint line accuracy.

Also so thin with hand painting you need some thickness & time to work with .

Laurie