Hi,
In your opinion, what is the best airbrsush paint and why?
I have heard of 2 types:
Revell Airbrush colour
Vallego Hobby air.
I don't think the revell airbrush colour range has a vey wide selection but the Vallego selection looks huge!
I have not tried either.

cheers

Philip

For me its Vallejo. Very easy to mix , smooth spray , nice bottle and pleasant odor .

its not up thee, but definetaly tamiya acrylics, if you dilute it with there thinner ( quite costy ) you can get ASTONISHING results! and is worth the $ some people say it dries to fast, but i dont find. probly if you leave your airbrush on the counter while your busy gettign a beer out of the fridge THEN they will probly dry, otherwise no.

if you can get them at your lhs GET THEM! if you cant, get them over the internet!

Frank

I used tamiya diluted with warter. It dried in my revell standard class and ruined it, but it was bad anyway.

cheers

Philip

Hi Philip, It's very much personal preference - I love Vallejo - If you were at the IPMS Nationals you'd have seen me staggering out under a BIG box full :-)

I also like Citadel paints from Games Workshop which are expensive, but also work well as airbrush paint. I don't like Tamiya, so I'm going against the last couple of posters - sorry Guys
I find they are very grainy paints - I love them for painting details, but they don't like my airbrush technique...
I also don't like Humbrol acrylics, they are even grainier - but I do like the brick red, and the orange for doing rust, as the grain of the pigment makes good texture then.

I think it's personal preference, but I do see a trend among modellers for Vallejo for spraying here!!!

I like the Tamiya diluted with the Tamiya thinner.
I've tried the Vallejo paints and heard others loving them, but I've never been able to get them to spray right. In other words, I don't get the dilution correct. Any suggestions????)
One thing I will give Vallejo over Tamiya is the number of colours available.

There is a new range called Xtracrylix, which I believe are manufactured by Vallejo. That cover RAF, Luftwaffe and US Airforce colours and do not need diluting for airbrushing. They go on like a dream. Hannants market them in the UK.

Cheers

Bill Brignal