Is there a trick to airbrushing screen/grill PE with acrylics. I have and usually end up with some of the screen openings painted over and plugged up. Any attempt at cleaning that up ends with the paint flaking off the part.
On a completely different note, I have a model whose instructions call for using Vallejo field green acrylic. the color came out a bright green which just doesnt look right. Can I tone that down to a duller, greyish tone using washes, and if so what washes would you recommend? I imagine the easiest was would be to repaint with a better color but, since I will be trying washes but I would be interested to see if washes could accomplish this.
As a response to your second part, did you mix the paint well? Sometimes even with acrylics the pigment settles, perhaps it just wasn’t throughly mixed.
Indeed painting fine screens are a problem, whether airbrush, rattle can, or paint brush. You have to put on a very thin coat, which means quickly. I even prime my PE with a rattle can primer, but I use a really quick shot (one of those watch want to see it again things). At least with an airbrush you can dial down the paint flow so you don’t need to be quite so quick. Also, if you do bridge some holes of the mesh, blow hard on the PE immediately. With the rattle can I have to use my breath. With a DA airbrush you can just get close and use pure air blast, no paint.