Greeting from Portugal
I have returned to the modeling hobby after a 25 year break and found out this brave new world of airbrushing, drybrushing, photo-etched brass, acrylics, etc. etc.
After buying a second airbrush (a double action Harder & Steenbeck Evolution - the best way to paint german panzers is using a german airbrush!!!) to make company to my still working almost 30 year old Badger 200, a silent compressor a lot of acrylic cans of paint, I still have a basic question concerning airbrushing:
I am using acrylics (Vallejo and Tamiya) after priming (Tamiya spray can),
and I would like to know how may coats should I give for the basic main color.
I am using only one coat, and a second hand just to cover some spots not covered in the first one, but I think it is not enough because sometimes during the washings (artist oils with enamel thinner) I remove the basic acrylic colors!
It should not happen, since they are different mediums (or so I have read somewhere), but it actually happens.
Is the basic color coat too thin, or should I give a clear flar coat between the main color layer and the additional washing and weathering coats?
Could someone give me some help? Thanks.