Thinning Mig paints for airbrush.

It is best to use the manufacture's own brand to get the best performance out of the product. Vallejo is not interchangeable with some paints and their thinners as I have read. 

I too use enamels and unfortunately, the MM military enamel line is in the chopping block so I have been experimenting with Vallejo and Tamiya paints.

 Thanks for the quick response.  I used a paint called "color of eagles" last time and found out the hard way of trying to thin with Tamiya X-20; a fiasco! Distilled water however did the trick. Will use the Mig brand for my latest project To avoid any unforeseen surprises. Thanks again!

 Regards, Mikey

You are welcome Mikey.

They dont recomend thinng but I have used Vallejo air brush cleaner, works fine, but only thin it very little.

I think the thing with using the newer acrylic primers is that they come in diffrent colors allowing for preshading and modulation.But I understand they dont perform well in sanding,imperfection locating,and paint adhesion like the tradional primets do.I still use Tamiya extra fine for cleaning up and good paint adhesion and sanding

   Yes, I'm going to use up the last of my Tamiya fine primer on the Polikarpov I-16 up next and after that's gone will be switching to the acryl primer for subsequent builds. The acrylic paints have come a long way since I started modeling many years ago! And the cleanup is so much easier! 

Thanks again for the input guys