Tamiya acrylic superb paint troubles.

Acrylics are hard to brush paint with. Not just Tamiya brand, but most of them. The problem is that they dry way too fast. I airbrush most things, but any time I brush paint with acrylics I thin them a LOT and add acrylic retarder. The Tamiya thinner appears to already contain some retarder to slow the drying time down, and my recommendation for brushing Tamiya acrylics would be to thin it with their brand of thinner. That will slow the drying time down and allow the paint to flow better.

I've thinned with their thinner, and with water. What I found works best for me... is to shake the bottle well, AFTER you have stirred it. (put the cap back on good voice of experience) Then take the lid off... dab the paint with your brush from the lid, onto some kind of hard surface to mix it. Then about 1/2 inch away put a drop of water or Tamiya thinner, draw the thinner into the paint until it is the desired thickness and paint... as it dries on your pallette, draw thinner in till you are done.

For some reason I have found trying to paint from the bottle almost always ends up with a glob on the brush... and I don't want to thin the whole bottle for hand brushing, since I use it for other things too...

Oh yeah... there's not the selection of MM Acrylics that Tamiya has, but they are MUCH easier to hand brush IMHO. Most of the time with little or no thinning. I tend to save Tamiya Acrylics for the airbrush... unless there is no getting around it.

QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900 Oh yeah... there's not the selection of MM Acrylics that Tamiya has, but they are MUCH easier to hand brush IMHO.

Huh? Are you saying there are more colors in the Tamiya acrylic line than the MM Acryl line?

There are 143 colors in the Acryl line if I counted properly and less than half that many in the Tamiya line.

Mike

QUOTE: Originally posted by MikeV [i]There are 143 colors in the Acryl line if I counted properly and less than half that many in the Tamiya line. Well, let me rephrase that... I have seen the testors site and know there is a great variety.. but what I've seen locally available is less variety... my bust... I just don't like waiting for paint unless I order the model online then I will order the paint with it if I dont have it.... There are 140 acryls on the testors site not counting the Marine colors... Most of the HS's around here have wonderful selection of Tamiya (I smell a conspiracy) But more MM enamel then acryl. But I do stick by my statement that MM is easier to brush... thinned or not. ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it! Reply MikeV Member since April 2003 From: Hayward, CA Posted by MikeV on Friday, August 27, 2004 11:41 PM Thanks tho990. I assumed you might have meant what was available in your hobby shop but I was not sure until you cleared that up. I have not used the Tamiya paints at all so I don't know how they work with a paint brush, but I do agree with you that MM Acryl works very good with a brush. Mike “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon Reply tho9900 Member since July 2004 From: SETX. USA Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, August 28, 2004 8:00 AM Yeah it's becoming a problem too... the closest hobby shop just got rid of their half-@** selection of MM acryl altogether. Kinda wierd.. You think when you live in the 4th biggest city in the US you could at least get some good acryl! Believe it or not, Hobby Lobby now has more MM acryl than my 2 main HS's put together.. sad times indeed.. ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it! Reply MusicCity Member since January 2004 From: USA Posted by MusicCity on Saturday, August 28, 2004 9:04 AM I use Tamiya, Model Master (acrylic), and some Poly Scale. I think I prefer the Tamiya slightly, but don't really see a lot of difference between Tamiya and Model Master. Poly Scale is great for airbrushing but is very thin and probably difficult to hand brush. If I have to hand brush something, my preference is actually Citadel acrylics. They have a line for fantasy figures that hand brush great (and airbrush very well to) although they have goofy names (i.e. "Bolt Gun Metal" instead of "Steel" and "Snot Green") Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page Reply Jim Barton Member since February 2003 Posted by Jim Barton on Sunday, August 29, 2004 7:34 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by MusicCity I use Tamiya, Model Master (acrylic), and some Poly Scale. I think I prefer the Tamiya slightly, but don't really see a lot of difference between Tamiya and Model Master. Poly Scale is great for airbrushing but is very thin and probably difficult to hand brush. If I have to hand brush something, my preference is actually Citadel acrylics. They have a line for fantasy figures that hand brush great (and airbrush very well to) although they have goofy names (i.e. "Bolt Gun Metal" instead of "Steel" and "Snot Green") "Snot Green?" You mean the same color my mother once painted her kitchen when I was a kid? "Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!" Reply tho9900 Member since July 2004 From: SETX. USA Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, August 29, 2004 8:29 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Jim Barton [br"Snot Green?" You mean the same color my mother once painted her kitchen when I was a kid? ::rolling eyes:: no the same color my wife wants to paint our bedroom.... I really think she is color blind.... even though its supposed to be a male thing... maybe color deficient??? ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it! Reply MusicCity Member since January 2004 From: USA Posted by MusicCity on Sunday, August 29, 2004 9:22 PM Hey, I didn't give their paints the names and that was one of the tame ones. Click Here For The Entire Line They actually are good paints and for hand brushing acrylics they are the best I've found locally. Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page Reply JOIN OUR COMMUNITY! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login Register SEARCH FORUMS FREE NEWSLETTER SIGN UP By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy. FORUMS PRODUCT REVIEWS READER GALLERY HOW TO VIDEOS SHOP ABOUT US FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER SIGN UP By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy. More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy