Which Type of Acrylic Paint is best for airbrushes?

Carnage, Tamiya acrylic paints in my experience are one of the best for spraying. What problems are you having? Try thinning with Tamiya thinner at about 50/50, set your air pressure at about 15 - 20 PSI, and go from there. Or do you already do this? Sorry I can't be more of more help, not enough info.

Cheers...Snowy.

Tamiya Acrylics are pretty good. Are you using Tamiya Thinner? That's the key to the smooth spraying of Tamiya Acryls.

The best is what works for you.

Many swear by Tamiya and Gunze, and many swear by and at MM acrylics.

Mike

I usw Model Master Acryl's and they work well. I don't dilute them as much as recommended say 50/50. I'm more 70/30 or 80/20. They flow pretty well.

I do shoot Tamiya and I have heard and tried mixing Tamiya and alcohol (which most people say is the tamiya thinner anyway) together and am happy with the results. Good luck.

its been my experience that tamiya acrylics perform better than polyscale or mm acryl. thats just my view though. tamiya goes through my omni 5000 with little if no hassle. keep experimenting and youll find that sweet spot. later.

Have to agree with saltydog.

Keep experimenting till you find the mix/setup that suits you and your needs.
Even if people share the same equipment/local conditions, etc you will find that their mixes are different.

Nothing like good or bad paint/airbrushes/compressors(for the most part).

One of my friends used to solely use golden paints in his airbrush, till he switched over to Gunze because he couldn't get hold of Golden anymore. Didn't affect the finish/outcome in any way that I can see.

I like Tamiya paints too....as long as Tamiya thinner is used with it!

Regards, Dan

QUOTE: Originally posted by MadModelFactory One of my friends used to solely use golden paints in his airbrush, till he switched over to Gunze because he couldn't get hold of Golden anymore.

Your friend knows good paints when he sees them.
Golden's acrylics are the best acrylics produced period!
I don't know how well they work on plastic models but for hard surfaces like metal they are the best out of the acrylics.

Mike

Geesh no mention of Vallejo, guess not everyone can get it yet.....

Vallejo is an awesome acrylic that airbrushes just as well as it brush paints(BTW for brush painting dont want brush strokes, dont want to have a magic thinning ratio to reduce brush strokes, go with Vallejo right out of the bottle! I have yet to experience ONE SINGLE brush stroke!)..........

I also use Tamiya acrylics, I swear at MM Acryl more than I use them, though I am still "experimenting" with the few colors I have left.

I've seen others use Poly Scale and get flawless results.....Much to my frustration I just cant use this crap......Might just be me but I doubt it.

QUOTE: Originally posted by MikeV I don't know how well they work on plastic models but for hard surfaces like metal they are the best out of the acrylics.

He does mostly Model Planes and Anime Resin Kits, won a few prices too.

The Golden Artist Colors were all that this lady named Gina G used to use on her artwork and it looked awesome. http://www.ginag.com/
Check out her Motorcycle and Automotive links when you are there. [:0]

I used to talk to her in emails once in a while and she liked my airbrushed work so much that she offered me a lesson at half off if I ever made it out to Port St. Lucie, FL anytime. She passed away from cancer a few months back unfortunately. She was one of the best airbrush artists I have ever seen and I sure miss her.

Mike

Thanks, for the link very inspiring.