Paint for starters

How do you makew sure that your paint doesn't freeze onto your brush? I'm using enamel paints, and the last thing I need is a wasted brush. Use thinner? Soap with water? Detergent? Or what?

For enamel you need a solvent based thinner.

P.S What do you guys think of different scales of planes? 1/72 1/32 1/48 ....which one do you guys think are best?

This is like asking "Which is better, a sports car, a station wagon or a full size pickup truck?" To some degree it depends on how much space you have to display your stuff and how much you want to spend. The larger the scale, the more visible the detail.

"solvent based thinner"????  Whats different from other thinner? I thought they were all about the same.

There is so much more about paints and painting than anyone could put in one post.  I advise searching through the posts using keywords such as "thinner", "brushes", "acrylic", "enamel", etc.  While a lot of it will be about airbrushing the same type thinners/solvents will be used whether airbrushing or using regular brushes.

"solvent based thinner"????  Whats different from other thinner? I thought they were all about the same.

tamiya has a thinner for its paints that is probably alcohol based since they are acrylic. That will do nothing for your enamels. Soap and water eill do nothing for your enamels. I get my thinner at the hardware store for a buck or two a gallon and it'll last me several years. I use it to thin artists oils. to make washes, clean brushes of oil, laquer or enamel paints and to thin enamels for the airbrush. and

Ay men Panzer, I hear ya, but to make large scale models, don't use paint brush, use airbrush or the cheaper btu more affective way, spay can.

Since the paint is spread out rader that going one direction of the stoke the paint make appears much better that brush, only paint small part like buttons or detail parts of the model with brush, I used to paint only with brush too but the results are never excellent, remeber that.

Just a warning, spay paint the models in a wooden or carboard box so that the paint dosen't ruine anything else, and more importantly, No doing inside, even if its vetelated, the paint smells like toxic waste.

Hopes this help!