I missed this discussion last year until it was just bumped. I can concur about the lacquer-based acrylic. I have no idea the chemistry to this, but I know that both Tamiya and Mr. Hobby acrylics are compatible with each other, and can be thinned with either acrylic thinner or lacquer thinner for airbrushing. These are incompatible with Testors Model Master Acryls and cannot be mixed. However, Tamiya's acrylic thinner works fine for these Model Master paints. Just not lacquer thinner.

I saw a YT video by Mig in which he said that Mig and Vallejo acrylics are different than Tamiya, and must be airbrushed differently. I've never really used Vallejo paints before, but it seems that they are rather finicky. I've heard of it lifting up when masking is removed.