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                        Is enamel paint supposed to be this thin???

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                        NickGroves
                        • Member since
                          May 2018
                        Is enamel paint supposed to be this thin???
                        Posted by NickGroves on Monday, May 28, 2018 7:14 PM

                        I am starting on my first build and I opened up a new tin of #226 humbrol enamel and this is what I got out of it, it seamed very watery without and thiner added? Is the way its supposed to be or should i pick up another tin?

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                        Snibs
                        • Member since
                          May 2013
                        Posted by Snibs on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 3:55 PM

                        Hi Nick.

                        No, I use Humbrol and I will always have to thin it a bit to brush paint. Looks like it needs a very good stir with something metal and make sure you have ALL the paint from the bottom, Humbrol can settle very hard on the bottom.

                        Mick.

                        Some stuff that might be interesting.

                        https://sites.google.com/view/airbrush-and-modeling/home

                        On The Bench.

                        Tiger 1 and Tooheys.

                         

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                        Bish
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 4:13 PM

                        I use enamel a lot and no, it should not be that thin. As Mick says, looks likes it needs a proper stir, shaking the tin just is not enough.

                        I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

                         

                        On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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                        GMorrison
                        • Member since
                          September 2012
                        Posted by GMorrison on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 4:29 PM

                        You should also use primer. That'll take color coats better than bare plastic.

                         Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

                         

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