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                        Disaster with Acrylics

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Disaster with Acrylics
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 16, 2003 10:41 AM
                        I was happy with my acrylics from tamiya, but disaster struck.
                        I was painting my awacs from airfix. Everything went according to plan. But the next day I could rub the paint of the model. This is the second time that something went wrong with acrylics. I go back to Humbrol I know that will stay on my models. I have cleaned the model before painting. The strange thing is that the acrylics stay perfectly on a heller model. But not on an airfix model.
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                        shermanfreak
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                          January 2003
                        Posted by shermanfreak on Sunday, March 16, 2003 2:20 PM
                        Interesting....I myself have never had a problem with Tamiya acrylics. You say this is the second time it's happened to you.....were they both Airfix kits? Makes me wonder whether it's the type of plastic they use in production having an adverse effect with Tamiya paints.
                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 17, 2003 10:09 AM
                        It was one time with Tamiya the other time it was with an other brand of acrylics.
                        The only plastic that gave no problems was a model from Heller.

                        Painting my model trains and wagons with acrylics works fine, and I will keep using acrylics for this.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 17, 2003 12:37 PM
                        it happens with me too. just prime/sand the model first then apply tamiya and then appply gloss/flat coat. works everytime. repeat as nessisary.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 5:20 PM
                        With what do I need to prime? Can you tell me that unnamedplayer. Because I still like to stay with the acrylics.
                        Any help is welcome.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 3:02 PM
                        to prime: first, wash the model in lukewarm water with soap. let it air dry, or if u have airbrush, use it to help the model dry. then sand sand sand. then spray primer, grey is bests. primer will show all errors. sand errors. spray again. sand again. repeat as nessicary. next, spray whatever paint u want on the model.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 23, 2003 11:58 PM
                        I just read a piece about mixing Tamiya Acrylics they stated that you should stir and not shake the paintbottles. And you cannot dilute the paint with water.
                        Can anybody help me with this.
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