Tamiya acrylic superb paint troubles.

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?

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")

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 8:19 PM 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 “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 Friday, August 27, 2004 7:25 PM 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. ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it! Reply tho9900 Member since July 2004 From: SETX. USA Posted by tho9900 on Friday, August 27, 2004 7:21 PM 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... ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it! Reply MusicCity Member since January 2004 From: USA Tamiya acrylic superb paint troubles. Posted by MusicCity on Thursday, August 26, 2004 2:11 PM 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. Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Tamiya acrylic superb paint troubles. Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 26, 2004 1:32 PM having troubles with Tamiya acrylic paints? Ive been having trouble with these paints, like the amount of paint on the brush, if theres not enough the painted surface's paint will ball up. please reply if you have some sort of idea to prevent this. Reply Edit 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