AK Real Color, what paint is it really

[slupanter]

NEWS!
They spray well like Tamiya and Mr Hobby Aqua and I mixed it with Hobby Aqua leveling.
Needs to be shuck and steered really really well, and thinned to about 60% at 15PSI.

The pigments seem nice quality but Its more Mr Hobby Aqua than Tamiya as it seems thicker but at £2.30 a jar I will be sticking to £1.60 Tamiya and £2 Mr Hobby Aqua.

[Si Benson]

Got myself these yesterday and gave them a try last night....


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first I tried thinning with distilled water, it immediately coagulated. Vigorous stirring did little to improve this.
Next was tap water.....same result as distilled water.
Then I used Tamiya X20A, the alcohol based thinner...coagulated, same as with both of the water tests.
Tamiya lacquer thinner (yellow top)...mixed well and sprayed well. Once dried I found it was too matt for my liking.

Looks like I’ll be sticking with Tamiya paints for a while then

[Wouter]

If it's too matte I'd say add some X-22 clear with it ^^

[Si Benson]

Hi Wouter,
Yeah, I’ll add clear to it to get it used up, which is what I do with my Tamiya mixes.
I really want to get away from using the lacquer thinners so was hoping that the AK stuff would thin with water, like advice from AK says!

I used the AK Real Color Modern Russian set on my Zvezda MSTA-S recently - I used normal tapwater to thin & spray it[ATTACH]320111[/ATTACH][ATTACH]320110[/ATTACH]
Dave

Dave W says he got it to thin with water...:thinking:

[Dave Ward]

Yup!
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I only used tapwater ( it's pretty soft water here ). I never considered using anything else - in fact I don't have any other thinner for acrylic. The Real Color needed more thinning than other paints ( about 5:1 ), but had no problems in spraying.
Dave

[Wouter]

Hi Wouter,
Yeah, I’ll add clear to it to get it used up, which is what I do with my Tamiya mixes.
I really want to get away from using the lacquer thinners so was hoping that the AK stuff would thin with water, like advice from AK says!




Dave W says he got it to thin with water...:thinking:

Tamiya's can be thinned with water too but I don't like the way they spray like that. The Lacquer Thinners are so nasty but I love them too much

[Guest]

Tamiya's can be thinned with water too but I don't like the way they spray like that. The Lacquer Thinners are so nasty but I love them too much

I thin Tamiya paint with windscreen wiper fluid from Halford’s, bought for something like €1.99 for a litre bottle. Works better than water, even though I’ve never felt Tamiya paints spray badly when thinned with water

[Wouter]

I thin Tamiya paint with windscreen wiper fluid from Halford’s, bought for something like €1.99 for a litre bottle. Works better than water, even though I’ve never felt Tamiya paints spray badly when thinned with water :smiling3:

The windscreen wiper fluid is a bit like the Tamiya thinner with the blue bottle if I'm not mistaken? I must say I have tried that and while not bad, Lacquer Thinner or even better - Mr Levelling Thinner work superior for me. Thinning with water or the blue cap thinner gave me problems with drying paint on the needle, not as bad as Vallejo's and all but still. Lacquer Thinner is nasty but boy I can just keep on spraying

I heard Mission Models paints are a good non smelly alternative for the Tammi's but haven't tried them yet.

[Guest]

The windscreen wiper fluid is a bit like the Tamiya thinner with the blue bottle if I'm not mistaken?

Yes, it’s blue and smells like Tamiya thinner, except it costs about a tenth what that does

[Wouter]

Doesn't work very good for me, bottle standing in the cabinet for ages

[Mr Bowcat]

I heard Mission Models paints are a good non smelly alternative for the Tammi's but haven't tried them yet.

I've been moving over to MM from Tamiya, virtually no sent and spray wonderfully. Not quite as opaque as Tamiya so need more coats, bit I actually prefer this as it allows better control on covering pre-shading.

[Wouter]

Good to know, gonna try to score me some and try them out because that sounds more than interesting.