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AFV Painting & Weathering
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Enamel or oil paint or acrylic or laquer
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Alabama, United States
Joined: September 12, 2005
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Posted: Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 06:00 AM UTC
Guys....need some help in understanding the different type of paint for modelling....

I just realize that those little tamiya bottle is different from the big tamiya bottle. The first one is enamel and the second is acrylic...

I have been air-brushing using acrylic and weathering using oil for filtering.....

I was told that enamel is used for weathering....??? but it look so different from oil

I used mineral spirit to thin the oil...can I used it to thin enamel without buying the thinner for enamel ? blue cap i remember....

I now know there a few type paint for modelling...

Acrylic
oil
laquer
enamel
vallejo ??


When do we use the different type of paint for ? I have been using the the first 2 a lot...Just though I ping this site before I burn a big hole in my wallet again
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