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The painting forum is for the discussion of techniques on the painting, decalling and weathering phases of AFV modelling and the tools and materials used.
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 Subject:  In addition to the aboveList thread.  
  
 Date:  May 8, 2008 
 From:  Michael Rinaldi 
after using Tamiya's Lacquer Thinner with their XF paints I was finally able to achieve the proper soft edge separation between camo colors on a 3-tone German paintjob without any overspray or those tiny splatter marks. Near perfect application for an "acrylic". I couldn't even get that consistently with Lifecolor, which I consider the best of the traditional acrylics. Vallejo's dry on the tip too fast (low humidity climate here) and I rarely use them anymore in light of this new evidence.

That to me is worth its weight in gold. I have been spraying all types of acrylics for years now and could never do what enamels could in this regards. Now when using Lacquer Thinner with Tamiya paints this has changed my opinion.

I recently sprayed a white interior with XF-2 using this idea and it went down so smooth it took on a satin finish. Most impressive and even with the smell is worth giving it a go.

I will say this (and not to be rude) but if you are new to an airbrush it will still take some practice to master. It's not a miracle and the fundamentals of airbrushing remain. I use around a 50-50 ratio, set my compressor to around 18psi for the base coat and down to 10-12psi for the tight camo lines. With some tweaking of the thinning ratio I can even get it to spray smooth pencil thin lines around 8psi. I could never do this with X-20A before and my Iwata, so I do believe there to a tangible improvement in spray quality vs. previous thinners.

HTH,

Mike

ps - supplies in the US are getting low (?), so plan ahead when ordering.
 
Thread Listing 
  Tamiya Lacquer Thinners - Neil Oram - May 7, 2008
. . . Re: Tamiya Lacquer Thinners - John Murcutt - May 7, 2008
. . . Re: Tamiya Lacquer Thinners - Jerry Plettenberg - May 8, 2008
. . . Re: Tamiya Lacquer Thinners - Matthew Mifsud - May 8, 2008
. . . . . . CAUTION!!!! - Mig Jimenez - May 8, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: CAUTION!!!! - Mike Land - May 8, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: CAUTION!!!! - Mig Jimenez - May 8, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Mig...... - Matthew Mifsud - May 8, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . grainy finish - Matthew Mifsud - May 8, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . YES!!!! - Mig Jimenez - May 8, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: YES!!!! - Neil Oram - May 8, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: CAUTION!!!! - John Murcutt - May 8, 2008
. . . . . . . . . THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND - Jerry Plettenberg - May 8, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . I think you missed the point - Cesar Oliva Atienza - May 8, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: I think you missed the point - Jerry Plettenberg - May 9, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND - Mig Jimenez - May 14, 2008
. . . . . . . . . MIG- Gunze & Tamiya not same - Michael Bedard - May 8, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . I have mixed them without problem... - Cesar Oliva Atienza - May 8, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . No problems mixing them... - Mike Land - May 9, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: No problems mixing them...Mike L - Michael Bedard - May 9, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . comments for mike and questions for mig - christopher c. tew - May 9, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . mix very easily - David Nickels - May 12, 2008
. . . . . . . . . GAIANOTES Lacquer thinner - Scott Dimmick - May 9, 2008
. . . In addition to the above - Michael Rinaldi - May 8, 2008
. . . . . . Re: In addition to the above - Neil Oram - May 9, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: In addition to the above - Steve Johnson - May 9, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: In addition to the above - christopher c. tew - May 9, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: In addition to the above - Robert Garelli - May 10, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: In addition to the above - Scott Dimmick - May 10, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: In addition to the above - Robert Garelli - May 10, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: In addition to the above - Edward Hall - May 10, 2008
. . . . . . Re: In addition to the above - Robert Lu - May 13, 2008
. . . . . . . . . No problems that I have found - David Nickels - May 14, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: No problems that I have found - christopher c tew - May 15, 2008
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