Tamiya Flat Base

I use Tamiya Flat Base mixed with Future in place of dullcoat because & don't like to spray stuff out of cans & don't like messing with thick laquers. There was an article in FSM a few months back titled "Future - the modeler's best friend" back in the March 2004 issue. It talked briefly about mixing your own flat clear coats. I just check & it's not available to read online, though there are websites like Swanny's that talk about mixing flat base & future...

http://www.swannysmodels.com/TheCompleteFuture.html

It gives me a great finish everytime & neat thing too is that you can customize just how flat/dull you want it to be with the mixing ratio that you use.

Brian

Ok cool, for a moment I thought I had gotten a raw deal.

It is supposed to be thicker than acrylics, it's an additive.
I strongly recommend testing with this stuff, cause to much will appear ok until it dries, then it will look pretty cruddy.

I tried it just yesterday mixed with a little Pledge One Go (Future to you guys)

Works a treat!!!!

As saltydog said, Tamyia Flat base is designed to be added to other acrylic paints to help flatten them and not used by itself.

caseyn5. The jar I have is also a liitle thicker than the normal acrylic so I would say your jars ok, but to be sure I would test it before using it on a model.

Is this stuff supposed to be pretty thick or did I just get a bad jar?

yes, tamiya flat base is intended to be mixed in with other acrylic colors that may have a gloss or semi gloss sheen to them to make them a flat color. i hear you can mix it with future to make a semi-gloss or satin sheen as well but i've never tried it. as you have already found out, dont airbrush it by itself. later.