Gunze-Sangyo Paint…What’s the Scoop?

Never used them, but I hear they are good. Here is a conversion chart to other manufacturers

Personnally, I like them alot. They are pretty well thinned right out of the bottle, even though I still add a little more before airbrushing. Alot of them are pre formulated to FS colors. And they clean up really easy, straight Windex disolves them, even if the paint is completely cured.

I like Gunze a lot as well but they are probably the most difficult paint to get your hands on. It seems only one hobby shop in a major city carries them. But they are great paint that provides a decal ready finish right out of the bottle. Try jpsmodell.de for a cross- reference chart.

The flat colors need to be strained if you airbrush them. Gloss colors almost always need micro-meshing. It's very good stuff in my opinion, but I think Acryl has better adhesion & scratch resistance.

You can thin them with just water (I use distilled), and they are great for airbrushing. Handbrushing for long periods may be a mixed bag as the paint may clog the brush since it dries quickly, but I've solved this by adding commercial acrylic retarder. Haven't tried yet using Gunze's own acrylic thinner or even Tamiya's to see if these would prolong drying time with Gunze acrylics. But overall, a great paint just like Tamiya's.

Cheers,
onyan

Thanks for the input. I ordered up some today to give it a try, I'll let you know how it goes.

I use Tamiya acrylic thinner with Gunze acrylics, and this seems to work very well indeed.

I my experience these are the best acrylics out there, as they are easy to use, and extremely durable.

Karl

I really like them, I'm starting to convert my entire paint supply to them in fact. I like their ease of use, but one caveat--use their thinner. They dry fairly quickly, and their thinner has some retarders in it to help. I've also used Liquitex's slo-dri as a retarder with good results.

I keep G.S.'s thinner and slo-dri in eyedropper bottles (that used to contain cleaning agents for my contacts--clean 'em well!), it's really handy to dispense a few drops at a time into my airbrushes color cup.

Dan