White (of all colors!)
I am working on a Mustang and painted my own invaision stripes. In some areas there was substantial bleed through. Not enough in my mind to re-mask and paint. So out comes the brush.
I have been using Tamiya White. Sprays great! Brushes like [censored]
I am open to suggestions on paint as well as techniques and method!
Floquil Reefer White comes highly recommended.
(I don’t own an airbrush.). White is the color I most hate to brush-paint. I’d rather use a spray can or white primer to paint white.
I never brush paint Tamiya acrylics. as you said, they are great for airbrushing but horrible for brush painting.
I use Windsor artist’s oil paints or Model Master enamels for brush painting. They are thicker and easier to brush than Tamiya acrylics.
Tamiya’s paints are awfull, I agree, however doing a couple things can give decent results. Golden’s Acrylic retarder (available at most art stores) seems compatable with tamiya, and appears to extend the 30-second drying time associated with tamiya’s flat paints! the other is your choice of brushes. if you can get them tamiya’s brushes do well, but even better are windsor and newtons series of red sable brushes - accept no substitutes, take good care of them- they will last forever, and make brush painting fun again! also don’t work tamiya with the brush! one or two swipes, let dry and re-coat later. Tamiya Aside , and if you need to stick to acrylics I recently aquired Gunze’s line of aqueous colors and have NEVER seen acrylics that handle like this stuff. they are all semi-gloss giving a much longer drying and handling time, and seem to really like tamiya’s surface primer (highly reccomended for acrylics!). In the realm of oils I cannot reccomend Testors for brushing. (very inconsistant mixes and to much carrier) Humbrol gives great consistant results, and white ensign is quikly becoming my new favorite. don’t be afraid to touch up acrylics with oils. expirement lots and find your happy medium. brushing ain’t so bad -J