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Tamiya vs. Vallejo
retiredyank
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Posted: Sunday, August 03, 2014 - 12:32 AM UTC
You can mix Tamiya acryls with Vallejo Model Color to make a brushable paint.
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Posted: Sunday, August 03, 2014 - 08:38 AM UTC
err not!

Tamiya isn't a 'true' acrylic, but can be thinned with lacquer/cellulose, at your own risk, etc., (or water, or IPA, or Tamiya thinners, etc.)

Vallejo is a true acrylic, & can't be cut with Lacquer/cellulose, but with the Vallejo Thinners, or water, or IPA, etc.

If you want to mix, do so like with like. you can paint Vallejo over Tamiya, & I think the other way round. (your milage may vary)
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Posted: Sunday, August 03, 2014 - 09:27 PM UTC
Nevertheless, you can mix the two. BTW, Vallejo is not a true acrylic either.
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Posted: Monday, August 04, 2014 - 09:02 AM UTC
Care to show some results? Being that nobody had had any success with this, it seems kinda odd that you're trying to argue it.
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Posted: Monday, August 04, 2014 - 09:10 AM UTC
I would like to see the results too.

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Posted: Monday, August 04, 2014 - 11:10 AM UTC
I made a mistake of using Vallejo model color and added Tamiya x20a , all it did was make a mess , but that was old Vallejo paints . I have not bought any new colors , so maybe Vallejo has changed something in their paints ?
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Posted: Monday, August 04, 2014 - 12:05 PM UTC
I read this in Military Modeler. He mixed two Tamiya acryls with two Vallejo Model Color paints.
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Posted: Monday, August 04, 2014 - 02:16 PM UTC
Military Modelling Special Edition. I'll post a photo of that quote, from the article.
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