Mixing Tamiya and MM Acrylics?

tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, March 20, 2005 6:59 PM

cool Quagmyre! Very noticable difference in the OD shades there... and I agree, your shade appears to be more on target to me... the MM looks almost pastel and the Tamiya one is more like the Drab Green they use to paint bombs...

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Archer1

Member since
December 2002

Posted by Archer1 on Sunday, March 20, 2005 6:55 PM

blackcat -

Might work. I wouldn't. Remember YMMV!

Archer out.

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Quagmyre

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December 2003
From: and just won't go away.

Posted by Quagmyre on Saturday, March 19, 2005 10:46 PM

Just did it. And man am I peased with the results!

I've always been disappointed in how dark Tamiya OD is, and how light MM Acrylic OD is. So I blended the two in an old MM Acryl OD bottle 1/1 ratio, and I finally got the shade of OD I've been looking for! And the paints blended just fine.
Performed the test on some diorama accessories I've been painting lately.

Current and Subsequent Projects:
1/48 scale Tamiya P-47 "Razorback" - Complete
1/48 scale Testors/Lone Star Models PT-22 Recruit - 20% Complete
1/48 scale Monogram C-47 Skytrain - Not Started

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 7:01 AM

That's what I was guessing but just wanted to be sure. Sorry, haven't tried that.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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Quagmyre

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December 2003
From: and just won't go away.

Posted by Quagmyre on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:59 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by MusicCity

Do you mean mixing them together as in pouring one into the other or mixing them as in spraying one over the other? I spray them over each other all the time without any problems but haven't tried blending them.

Sorry, blending is what I was talking about.

Current and Subsequent Projects:
1/48 scale Tamiya P-47 "Razorback" - Complete
1/48 scale Testors/Lone Star Models PT-22 Recruit - 20% Complete
1/48 scale Monogram C-47 Skytrain - Not Started

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:31 PM

Do you mean mixing them together as in pouring one into the other or mixing them as in spraying one over the other? I spray them over each other all the time without any problems but haven't tried blending them.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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blackcat

Member since
March 2005

Posted by blackcat on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 8:21 PM

on a japanese mitsubshi zero