best acrylic paint for brush and airbrush

[Guest]

i may of asked this question before but what is the best acrylic paint to use for brush and airbrush painting ie a single use paint for both jobs please ?

[Guest]

Enamels Dave!

[Guest]

Vallejo model colour without a doubt their range of colours caters for everything , you will need vallejo thinners but is not hard to get the right ratio , model air is great to ab straight from the bottle but seeing you want an all in one paint model colour is the stuff , tamiya is great for airbrushing but a pig to brush on ,


I`m sure you will get many recommendations who will disagree LOL


Richy

[Guest]

thanks guys i will look into some of these paints except enamels dubster i hate using them

[Guest]

Lifecolor if no smell is important to you. Derek

[PaulTRose]

cant get on with tamiya.......love valejo but use mol color for brush and air for ab..............so maybe revell aqua......but you need to thin it for airbrush use

[Guest]

thanks derek that would be perfect is it brush and ad friendly ? thanks paul i have just sold a shed load of tamiya and humbrol acrylics and replaced them with revell aqua colour but they don't do all the colours i need for my kits and i would like to keep all the paints the same make i guess i must have a little tiny bit of ocd when it comes to paints i have been looking at the vallejo model colour range on the paint conversion chart and they have pretty much every colour i need now can i use these in the ab and brush paint them and is there no smell to them

[Guest]

If you are interested in Vallejo Model and Model Air have a study of this.


The downloads will give a host of info. Especially look at the Q and A section. They also do a good equivalents for a number of other manufacturers paints.


Laurie

[Ian M]

Without a doubt Vallejo model Color. brush very well and spray very well. Many will say thin with water. Don't.


Buy the two thinners. There is one for brush painting and another for air brush. Why the two? The airbrush one is a lot thinner and I think has some retarding agent. The ordinary is milky white (no effect on the paint colours don't worry), self leves to a nice finish.


When using the hairy stick, leave time for the paint to cure between coats. At least 24 hours. Rushing to the next coat could result in the new paint dragging the previous coat off.


You can add extra retarder to the brush paint mix which can make them stay wet for an hour, so you can blend them.


Ian M

[Ian M]

Forgot to say. No they do not smell. The airbrush cleaner, if that smells of any thing it is like a light washing up liquid smell. Not unpleasant or heavy.

[Guest]

thanks guy's i am going to start my collection this week then. now i just need to find a good supplier of model colour in the uk

[Guest]

Also not to forget that Vallejo have just introduced an Airbrush Flow Improver. First go with it tomorrow. Watch this space


LAurie

[Guest]

Dave, My KGV was done with Lifecolor with Airbrush, the decks and turret tops etc in dark grey were hand brush painted. Highly recommended. Will be using it on my Scharnhorst. Derek

[Guest]

has anybody used tamiya or humbrol acrylics in an airbrush ?

[Guest]

Tamiya is lovely through an airbrush, although I do thin with cellulose thinners so that probably wouldn't suit you! 2 rules with Tamiya - get in close to prevent orange peel & always use either their own thinner or cellulose / lacquer.