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[HubertB]

1 hour ago, PanzerWomble said:

So going to paint my FW 190 this weekend .....probably...... with these paints 

 

MR Colour ..which likes it's own thinner .....MMP which needs their own 'speshul water' reducer and also poly additive ( Createx make MMP in case you're wondering ) and some Ammo ATOM , which everyone says on line avoid alcohol , and yet weirdly likes Tammy Lacquer thinner in my experience ....then later get jiggy with the oil paints ...

 

What ...could ...possibly ...go wrong  ? 

 

 

 

I have, literally, dozens of paint tins / bottles / vials of various brands like Tamiya, Gunze, Hataka, Alclad, Citadel, Prince August, AK, Vallejo, even some 30 years-old tins of Humbrol and Revell enamels, plus some other brands I forget, but I find myself reluctant to use any of those in an airbrush, because of the thinning issues. The gooey mess that clogged my airbrush when I tried to use Vallejo’s black primer thinned with Mr Levelling Thinner has left me traumatised for some time …

So I am always going back to MRP as soon as I have to fire the airbrush. On the other hand, acrylics are my goto solution when using a brush (but not Tamiya, which are awful with a brush).

And, as I am trying more and more figure painting, I find myself keener and keener on using oils. I bought some tubes that I thought were oils, by AK or Vallejo, and found to my dismay they were acrylics. Gimme some old Windsor & Newton, Rembrandt or Abteilung anytime over these acrylics I do not know how to dilute. In spite of my initial reluctance on oils, because of their drying time, they are unbeatable for pigments’ fineness. And turpentine is OK for diluting oils. I even used oils for painting the radios of my Potez 25 in the Sandbox GB.

Looking forward to watch your trials, PW.

Hubert

[BlrwestSiR]

Hubert, if you want to speed up the drying time for oil paints, add a drop or two of Japan dryer. It makes oil paints dry as fast as acrylics. I used it few times that I had to airbrush Model Master. It dried in minutes without any issues. 

[PanzerWomble]

Hair dryer works well, as as does W&N liquin for oil paints . Liquin also makes oil washes a lot finer .

[GusMac]

The missus was using her sewing machine tonight so I couldn't crank up the airbrush to prime the cockpit parts of the Attacker. Instead, I finished this little thing.

Apologies for the second photo being out of focus, it's actually hard to photograph as it's so shiny. Goes together really well for something that just clips together. Was a fun little distraction.