what type of paint to use

You're comfortable with MM, so stay with it. However, save yourself  a lot of money by getting your thinner by the gallon at the hardware store.

As far as airbrush use, you have the basics, so just load up some paint, take a junker or even some sheet stock and practice getting the right pressure to pull back on the trigger to get the lines you want.

ajlafleche wrote:

You're comfortable with MM, so stay with it. However, save yourself  a lot of money by getting your thinner by the gallon at the hardware store. As far as airbrush use, you have the basics, so just load up some paint, take a junker or even some sheet stock and practice getting the right pressure to pull back on the trigger to get the lines you want.

For that matter, you can also decant some Krylon paint you get at Wal-Mart in the same section as the paint thinner and have fun with that also.

If you decide to spray with MM acrylics, as I do so I can stay indoors for the most part, I have found that the generic Wal-Mart regular fingernail polish remover is an excellent air-brush cleaner, since it's main ingrediant is acetone, and it also has glycerine imxed in a water-based solution that keeps the brushes O-rings from drying or swelling as alcohol will. Also, it leaves an odor that is not objectional to other family members.

Tom