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How paint consume one model?
Posted by Saveiro on Thursday, January 27, 2011 9:07 PM

Deaqr friends from this FSM´s forum:

A few days ago I finished my first Tiger I (1/35) from Tamiya. I would began to paint with Badger 150 Airbrush.

From your experience, how paint could consume such model?

I think paiting it in the scheme fom 1943 -based in dark yellow, from Model Masters Testors.

I would need to know more and less how bottles of paint I should be adquire, for example of the tank was only painted in such colour, like some german tanks had in russsian front around this epoque.

Or better yet, if were in three tone -dark brown, green and darl yellow, in german colours, or inclusive other brand or type of paint,

Thanks for your attention.

A big hug for all!!!

Diego "Guerrero" 

Argentina

 

  • Member since
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  • From: Carmel, IN
Posted by deafpanzer on Thursday, January 27, 2011 9:11 PM

I average 2 big kits or 3 smaller kits per MM paint bottle.  My kits are in 1/35 scale. Remember they have to be thinned before using the airbrush so it gives me more that way. 

Andy

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Friday, January 28, 2011 9:23 AM

I agree with Andy. I use about a half to a third of a bottle for main colors for a model the size of a 1:35 tank.  Only on very large models (1:32 fighter plane or 1:48 bomber) do I use a whole bottle.  A good primer reduces the amount of color paint I use on a model.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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  • From: Democratic Peoples Republic of Illinois
Posted by Hercmech on Friday, January 28, 2011 10:10 AM

I guess I am the odd man out...I use very little paint for a kit. I guess I thin my paint pretty thin.


13151015

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  • From: Austin, TX
Posted by DoogsATX on Friday, January 28, 2011 10:17 AM

I've been back at the hobby since last July. In that time, I haven't run out of a single paint (though I'm scraping the barrel on one or two colors). But a lot of it depends on how you roll and what kind of airbrush you're using. I've somehow acquired three main airbrushes (Iwata Eclipse HP-CS, Iwata HP-C+, and a Grex Tritium TG) - they're all gravity feed, and even bumping up to the 0.5mm needle/nozzle on the HP-CS, it still sips paint next to my old siphon-feed Paasche. I tend to thin pretty aggressively, too. At least 1:1 for Model Master or Gunze, and I usually start at 2:1 thinner:paint when I'm shooting Tamiya. 

I use eyedroppers to transfer paint and thinner into glass bottles, and I'm actually pretty terrible about wasting that last dropperful of paint that's left over at the end of the night, but even so I don't tear through much paint at all.

You should be able to get through a Tiger with one bottle no problem.

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

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Posted by Saveiro on Friday, January 28, 2011 9:26 PM

Dear deafpanzer:

Thanks a lot for answer my question.  I aprecciated too much. Do you like to initate one conversacion about our hobby. Thanks again

A big

Diego 

  • Member since
    January 2011
Posted by Saveiro on Friday, January 28, 2011 9:29 PM

Dear Don:

Thanks a lot for answer my question.  I aprecciated too much. Do you like to initate one conversacion about our hobby. Thanks again

A big

Diego 

  • Member since
    January 2011
Posted by Saveiro on Friday, January 28, 2011 9:32 PM

Dear DoogsATX:

Thanks a lot for answer my question.  I aprecciated too much. Do you like to initate one conversacion about our hobby. Thanks again

A big

Diego 

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