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Paint & Thinning

Paints, primers, thinners and flow improver, with ratios that come from the paint makers, not from guesswork.

vallejo airbrush thinner

Vallejo Airbrush Thinner: 71.161 or Flow Improver?

There are two Vallejo bottles that everybody eventually owns and almost everybody initially confuses. One says Airbrush Thinner and carries …

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vallejo airbrush paint

Vallejo Airbrush Paint: Model Air, Game Air or Color?

Vallejo is the range most airbrush painters end up standing in front of, and it is also the range with …

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thinning acrylic paint for airbrush

Thinning Acrylic Paint for an Airbrush: the Ratio Fix

Nearly every airbrush problem that gets blamed on the airbrush is a thinning problem. Spatter, tip dry, blockages after two …

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tamiya airbrush paint

Tamiya Airbrush Paint: Getting X and XF to Spray Right

Tamiya paint is the one that trips people up on their first airbrush session, and it is almost never the …

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lacquer vs acrylic airbrush paint

Lacquer vs Acrylic Airbrush Paint: Which Fits Your Room

Every model forum has the same argument running somewhere. One camp says lacquer sprays better than anything else and lays …

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citadel air paint

Citadel Air Paint: Worth It or Just Convenient?

If your paint shelf is already Citadel, the Air range looks like the obvious purchase. Same color names, same shop, …

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airbrush thinner

Airbrush Thinner: Which Bottle Matches Your Paint

Thinner is the cheapest thing on the shelf that changes your results the most, and it is also the one …

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airbrush primer

Airbrush Primer: When to Spray It and When to Rattle Can

Primer is the least interesting purchase in the hobby and the one that decides whether your paint stays on the …

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airbrush paint for miniatures

Miniature Airbrush Paint: Which Sets Are Ready to Spray

You bought the airbrush to get through the pile of gray plastic faster, and now you are standing in front …

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airbrush paint

Airbrush Paint: Which Type Belongs in Your Brush

The airbrush gets all the attention, but the paint decides more of your result than the brush does. A modest …

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airbrush flow improver and retarder

Airbrush Medium for Acrylics: Flow Improver or Retarder

You are five minutes into basecoating a squad and the spray has already gone patchy. You pull the needle back …

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