Thank you Barry.. great advice details! I've decided I am gonna defo look at the Vallejo model air range... And then just buy the odd bright enamel for highlights. Decided almost immediately that I'm priming everything and have done a light mist coat on the still attatched spruce pieces and loving the texture it has added strait away! Airbrush is a must I think for the finish I want so the easy clean up of acrylic paint for me (as a noob) is a no brainer!!
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I did not include one obvious advantage of VMA and AKI acrylics and that is their 'airbrush ready' status. You do not have to fiddle around trying to get thinning ratios right unless you are doing effects like post or pre-shading or filter coats. Even then you are starting from the basis of a paint ready to a/b making thing just that bit easier. I should add that they work best unthinned with a needle 0.3 or larger.Comment
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It is obvious from all the above that everyone finds the system that best works for them and sticks with it. You will have to give a few different brands a go and see how you get on. Acrylic brands vary more than enamel brands, so it might be worth investigating several of them.
I was a long term enamel user, but switched to acrylics some years ago. I persevered with them and managed to make several brands work well enough, but I always had some problems with the fast drying of acrylics, drying at the nozzle etc. After about two years I switched back to enamels and have never looked back, nor will I! I discovered and then re-discovered, what works best for me, but others will have different experiences and different preferences.
We can all give all the advice you want, but in the end you will just have to try a few things for yourself. Definitely don't go out and splurge a load of cash on paints you might later discover you don't like
Cheers
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Cool... Gonna get the ones I need for this model and see what I like... Just used some red car body paint (from the body shop opposite) and stippled the engine to keep the cast look and must say I like it alot!Comment
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It's prob already been mentioned somewhere along the line but there are nice sets that Vallejo/ model air etc do for certain subjects, see Scale model Shop and if in doubt ask John.I have purchased several that deal with what I'm working on and they also give you details on how to paint ( like Wehrmacht ss uniforms, or German armour ( these paints are good for majority of AFV through the war years 39-45 ) you will in time find some shades of some paints are differant IE Tamiya acrylics shades to Revell shades/ Vallejo etc etc
Over the years I have amassed all three types of paints and still use other types of acrylics.
Some modellers swear by enamels and I used to use the humbrol range but I decided acrylics were better IMOO
It's a big can of worms out there on paints and types including primers but start small and build up slowly
Kindest regards
RobertComment
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