Tamiya Acrylic Mini X-27 Clear Red

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I think general tamiya paints are thinned 1:1 with paint using tamiya thinners and sprayed at 15psi, that’s worked for me. I use clear paints CONSTANTLY, they are excellent to give you sweet metallic colors when put overtop of gunmetal/mithril/whatever and lets you do detail work or freehand that looks crazy when the crisscross of under/overcoat shine through.

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Apply multiple thin coats and do not use a substitute thinner like Isopropyl alcohol as this flashes off faster than X-20A thinner. It's really not tricky at all to do, just get a nice even coat of base color first, don't go nuts with a million coats of silver or gold just make sure it's even. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Thinking of using some of the Tamiya Clear Acrylics (X-27 Red, X-26 Orange, X-24 Yellow) for tail lights instead of decals on the couple of bodies I'm working on.I'll paint the model normally, including the part which will be bloody, and then add the red over that. When painting with a brush, it is recommended to use those with natural bristles (for example: PREMIUM SIBERIAN KOLINSKY BRUSH – 1 , High Grade Pointed Brush Sml - DC719 or HG Flat Brush - Small ). All this talk about the hairy stick made me took a kit out of the loft to see if I still have my brush painting skills. Let's say your're clear coating the wing of a Phantom you will find minor "frosting" on the fuselage.

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I use the FW Clear Red without an airbrush, it's akin to the old GW inks, so water based and can be thinned with Lahmian Medium or specific airbrush thinner if required. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. You might be able to come up with a combination that has better spraying characteristics than the Tamiya acrylic bottles.

Been using X-22 for a while now, but tend to use Mr Levelling thinner as you can go back over the finish with a coat of just Mr Levelling thinner to smooth out any slight rough patches. I'm still learning , but does anyone else already use this stuff and if so, do you have any extra tips to "heighten the experience?