enamel paint

It might be 70:30, 60:40, or 50:50

But it might help to experiment to find just the right consistency for you.

If its too thin it won't stick and will hardly add color to the model
If its too thick it might not come out of the air brush or it will come out in clumps

I use a very simple approach to thin Model Master enamel. I use glass eye droppers to removed the stirred paint from the paint bottle to the air brush spray bottle. I fill the eye droppers to the same level four times then I add thinner with a clean eye dropper (easy to clean up if you keep the paint out of the bulb) that I fill to the same level as the paint droppers. I stir the thinned paint with an old coat hanger wire ( I removed the varnish on the coat hanger wire with steel wool) that has a loop on the end. If I get three or four drops of paint when I lift my stirrer from the paint, I begin brushing. If I get more drops I add a few drops of paint. If I get less drops I add more thinner. I always test the paint on a piece of styrene before I start painting on the model. Hope this works for you.

billc3207: That technique got copied/pasted, and went right into my modeling folder. Thanks for the tip!

Dan

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