thinner question

Tamiya paint has one and only one thinner if you want top results, especially for any kind of low pressure, multi coat detail or camo work. Acrylic is a very tricky term - practically Tamiya is a lacquer paint. (Look on the label: say flammable? toxic? if so, it's lacquer.) Hence you want to use Tamiya's own brand of lacquer thinner (Gunze Sanyo paints are the same and Gunze lacquer thinner will also work fine). I think people that use A-20 or any ISP brew are just very good with an airbrush and can adjust the flow by nature. Lacquer thinner will give you a smoother coat of any kind. The stuff is cheap and will last a long time. About eight years or so back when armor gurus Adam Wilder and Mig Jimenez began making this argument, Tamiya A-20 users blew gaskets. Now the argument is over. Lacquer thinner it is. But note: do not use hardware store lacquer thinner on plastic - it's much stronger and can damage styrene. I use a "green" hardware store lacquer for cleaning airbrushes. But not on models.

Eric

always use the reccommended thinner for best results.

I use 90% alchohol for Tamiya acrylics and I use the Model master acrylic thinner for Model Master acryls... The acryls are thicker and tend to clog the tip if I use alchohol...

jksprau, you can use 90% or 70% Isopropyl Alchohol to thin Tamiya Acrylics, but I highly recommend you use Tamiys's X-22A Thinner. I say this because Isopropyl Alchohol dries a bit quicker then Tamiya's thinner and it sometimes will cause a grainy effect to your base coat.

You can not thin Enamel paint with Isopropyl Alchohol or Tamiya's Thinner. If you buy Humbrol Enamels, you can thin it with their thinner or with Mineral Spirits, Model Masters also has their own airbrush thinner, which is also Mineral Spirits.

Again do not use Acrylic thinner or Isoprpyl Alchohol with Enamels.

Rob

i use Isopropanal alchohol for the tamiya you can get it from chemists
ive herd about peaple useing the blue screen wash for tamiya paints with no change of colour