Hi everyone
For those of you who follow my work know that I am Vallejo through and through. However I am fed up to the back teeth with the short shelf life of these paints and acrylics in general?? The reason I question this is because I do not know if other acrylics suffer like Vallejo.
Basically I do around 6 weeks a year of acrylic airbrushing so paints will sit in my model room for 6 to 12 months before I use them again. When I do the paint is full of lumps that block my airbrush no matter how much I thin them down or mix them. I certainly do not want to go down the road of straining out the lumps of paint before use.
I dont really want to move away from acrylics so do you get the same problem with other acrylics??. I am not interested in using AK, Lifecolor or Mission Models and I presume AK 3gen has not been around long enough to find out.
If I have to move away from acrylics then I do not want to do enamels. So I assume acrylic lacquers are my next and only other choice??. I have used Tamiya in the past and have been impressed but did not use them due to the limited colour range and I find them a devil to clean out of my airbrush. If there are answers to these issues then I am willing to revisit Tamiya. I am interested in peoples opinions on other acrylic lacquers like AK etc. My main requirements are paint flow through airbrush including shelf life, ease of cleaning airbrush and colour variety. So with all that information and questions I look forward to hearing your opinions. Many thanks in advance and happy modelling.
For those of you who follow my work know that I am Vallejo through and through. However I am fed up to the back teeth with the short shelf life of these paints and acrylics in general?? The reason I question this is because I do not know if other acrylics suffer like Vallejo.
Basically I do around 6 weeks a year of acrylic airbrushing so paints will sit in my model room for 6 to 12 months before I use them again. When I do the paint is full of lumps that block my airbrush no matter how much I thin them down or mix them. I certainly do not want to go down the road of straining out the lumps of paint before use.
I dont really want to move away from acrylics so do you get the same problem with other acrylics??. I am not interested in using AK, Lifecolor or Mission Models and I presume AK 3gen has not been around long enough to find out.
If I have to move away from acrylics then I do not want to do enamels. So I assume acrylic lacquers are my next and only other choice??. I have used Tamiya in the past and have been impressed but did not use them due to the limited colour range and I find them a devil to clean out of my airbrush. If there are answers to these issues then I am willing to revisit Tamiya. I am interested in peoples opinions on other acrylic lacquers like AK etc. My main requirements are paint flow through airbrush including shelf life, ease of cleaning airbrush and colour variety. So with all that information and questions I look forward to hearing your opinions. Many thanks in advance and happy modelling.
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