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Rejiboy,
I've never really had satisfactory results painting (large areas) with brushes. I always use my airbrush (a Badger internal mix single action and a Badger double action), but if you must paint larger areas such as car bodies or planes, then use spray cans. There are a number of companies that have some of their range in spray cans (like Tamiya, or Testors or others), and you should use those.
Brush painting a car body or an aircraft fuselage and wings will get the color on, but you'll probably be unhappy with the results - it'll be streaky and you'll see brush marks.
When you spray, make sure you spray on a warmish day with little humidity, and heat the can in a pan of warm water (this increases the pressure within the can) as this help spray distribution.
Start off the model and spray past the model - don't start to spray and finish uour stroke "on" the model as you'll get an uneven finish or runs.
Try to gain a little practice on card stock or tin cans before you attempt painting the model - better to get some experience before you attack the model.
Remember - practice and patience are probably the two most important tools a good modeller has in their toolbox. There's no magic about it.......we've all learned because we've made mistakes. You'll make them, too, and each model you make will be better than the last one. And don't forget to have fun, mate.
I also very strongly recommend subscribing to Finescale Modeler - it's a bloody good mag - they often have articles on the basics of things like painting, decaling, filling gaps, making vac form models - stuff like that. It's made me a better modeller.
Cheers,
LeeTree

If you must brush:
1) Use quality brushes with hair bristles, not the chead nylon bristle ones.
2) Thin the paint properly, it will level itself easier.
3) Use several lighter coats to prevent runs and sags.
4) Allow sufficient drying time between coats.
5) If you make a mistake (fingerprint, etc.) allow the paint to dry then sand lightly and repair. draging a brush through tacky paint will make huge streaks.

Others will probly add to this list but it's a start

To add to the list by claymore68;
6) Brush from front to back of the model (aircraft) this will, to some extent, weather it, looks especially good on WW2 a/c
7) Your paint only needs to be thick enough to cover the primer colour, any more and you'll lose detail and be out of scale
8)Use a good masking tape if you need to, household stuff is no good, go for tamiya, it may cost more but it's worth it
9) By all means use a spray primer, it gives you a nice smooth surface and will show up where you need to rub down again to eliminate faults
Anyone else got any more?

See if you can get a sample of Humbrol enamels for brushing. They are very smooth. They're my new favorite paint...

M.

I tend to agree with LeeTree for large areas use a spray can. I do it for most of the models I build and most of the time you can get the same color in a bottle for touching up with a brush.

LeeTree has given good advice. I just need to add one thing, several light coats with flash time ( letting it dry a little ) in between is better than one heavy coat of paint.

The heating method works as well for tinlets as it does for spray cans. For a gloss finish on a car I placed the tinlet in a shallow bowl of hot water for 5-10 minutes before use. It flows and levels much more fluidly than at room temperature. Not as good as airbrushing, but still noticably better than brushing it on cold.

I'm not sure if the effect is the same with matt and satin enamels, but it may be worth a try ;)

thanks for the reply guys.you gave me alot of help.