Silly Air Brush Question

Yes, lighter is better ESPECIALLY if you have pre-shaded.  The amount of time between coats depends upon type of paint (ie, enamel vs acrylic) and their drying time but with light coats you should be able to lay them down pretty quick.  Remember, less is more and do the lighter shade first, then the darker (if doing two tone camo).

Thanks Reasoned,

I'll be using Vallejo Model Colour acrylics through my AB. Should the coats dry enough in minutes, hours, days between coats?

I use enamels but have heard that acrylics dry even faster, so I would say minutes..... if not seconds.

Hi Griffin!

Reasoned is correct.  I've not used Vallejo acrylics yet, but my Tamiya paints dry within a few minutes.  By the time I've gone around a model, the first part I've painted is ready for a second coat.

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Thanks guys.  That's what I thought but I figured I would ask before doing anything foolish.

Before you pick up that airbrush and apply paint to that model. Practice using the airbrush on something else first! Otherwise, you will find yourself pissed off at the model, the airbrush, the paints and the hobby. The model you are building is NOT how you want to learn how to use an airbrush...unless you are building it specifically for that purpose.

Thanks for that tip. I've been practicing on some pop bottles and will continue to do so before laying down a real paint job.