Is a 1/3 oz paint cup large enough?

I switched from siphon to gravity feed a number of years ago and don't remember the last time I used my Paasche Model H or Binks 'Wren' or Badger 200.I've kept all three of the above for sentimental reasons but sold other siphon feed I had acquired over the years. I, too, find cleaning bottles a hassle. And, I often use the smallest cup (1/2 ml?) on my Evolution. I don't find the 1/3oz cup a problem at all for even larger areas..

Yes, I  find the small gravity feed cups plenty big for most work… I never use the siphon feed jars anymore.  If I need that much paint, I'll use a spay can.

Only reason I've shied away from gravity feeds is the fear of spilling.I'm pretty clumsy

I have an HP-CS too, and 1/3 oz cup is more than enough, even for my largest 1/48 models. If you remember to cap it, its almost impossible to spill.

I hate cleaning the bottles, but I still use a siphon feed brush.  Biggest reason is that if I mix paint, and need to use that color later, I need to put it in a bottle anyway, in order to be sure the color matches (not confident of abililty to mix the same exact color on seperate occasions.  The other reason is I find myself turning the brush on its side periodically.  With a siphon feed brush the paint only dribbles out very slowly and I can see that happening, and straighten  brush out long before all the paint has spilled out :-)

My next build will be a 1/35 Tamiya Elefant, which is big.  If I manage to apply a base coat using less than 1/3 oz of paint, it means that I won't need my siphon-fed AB.  

That will of course depend on the paint you use and how much it needs to be thinned.

One thing that can cut down on the amount of paint needed is to use a good primer that is close to color of paint you will use. Even just matching gray value helps a lot.

if you paint like Drewe does, then 1/3 oz is a Huge volume of paint

www.youtube.com/watch

ever since he posted this last week or so, I have adjusted my target for using my airbrush,,,,,,,I thought I had the volume and pressures down low, but, not like this

Rex

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if you paint like Drewe does, then 1/3 oz is a Huge volume of paint

www.youtube.com/watch

ever since he posted this last week or so, I have adjusted my target for using my airbrush,,,,,,,I thought I had the volume and pressures down low, but, not like this

Rex

I've always said, using denatured alcohol or lacquer thinner, you can thin Tamiya acrylics way down and still get good coverage because the paint (typically the flats) has a fairly heavy pigment load. The video more or less proves it. One drop of paint plus 3-4 drops of thinner will typically cover about 3-4 square inches, depending on your technique.

I am working on a 1:350 scale heavy cruiser and it looks like it will need another jar of the dominant color, but this is unusual. Usually a bottle does a model easily.