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Acrylic over enamels Yes or no?
dronek75
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Posted: Saturday, October 14, 2006 - 11:52 PM UTC
quick question...can i use MM and Tamiya acrylics for a camo over ModelMaster enamels used to for a base color...
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Greg
Erik67
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Posted: Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 12:27 AM UTC
It should not be a problem as long as the basecoat is dry.

Erik
Murdo
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Posted: Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 03:04 AM UTC
If in doubt, put a layer of Kleer on first
dexter059
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Posted: Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 08:17 AM UTC
Thatīs the metod I use. First I gave a base coat of Humbrol enamels (most of the time, the base color, a few times Humbrol primer), then I use Vallejo Acrylics for the main coats.

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dronek75
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Posted: Monday, October 16, 2006 - 01:04 AM UTC
Thanks I'll give it a shot then.
cheers
Greg
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Posted: Monday, October 16, 2006 - 01:52 AM UTC
I just did this with one of my current builds......base of enamel and after drying time, I shot it with MM acrylics. So far (it's been about a week and a half) there have been no issues.

Mike
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Posted: Monday, October 16, 2006 - 02:02 AM UTC
Absolutely. The only potential problem would be the water based acrylics beading up on a glossy surface if it's thinned too much. That alone would mkae you want to avoid a Kleer/Future coat in between. You can also safely airbrush enamels directly over acrylics and I always shoot a coat of Testor's Dullcote laquer directly over my figures that are painted in acrylics, sometimes within ahn hour of the final touches.
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