I went to a LHS a short while ago and found that they had replaced their GS Aqueous line with the Mr Color line. Has anybody here used those before? Can you thin them with the same GS thinner as used for the Aqueous line? What are any differences between the two lines aside from color selection? Any advice for brush painting and airbrushing? What about clean up? The label says solvent based acrylic…
Thanks in advance!
Hi Stikpusher,
I haven’t used Mr Color, but they are different to the aqueous acrylics.
Mr Color are lacquer based, so the acrylic thinners aren’t compatible. They have a line of “Mr Color” thinners specifically for this line, along with “Mr Color Levelling Thinner” (how’s that for a mouthful?) which is the same stuff, with additional retarder added (for brush painting perhaps?).
Being lacquer based, I suspect that this probably flash-dries faster than the aqueous acrylics.
PS: Again, note that I haven’t used it, so I have no personal experience, but from what I have read of it, though Mr Color Thinner is a lacquer based product, it’s said to be styrene friendly and won’t turn your model into a fuming, bubbling puddle of molten styrene.
I guess I’ll start with some good old fashioned trial and error experiments…[X-)]
Mr Color is not the same as Mr Aqueous Hobby Color! Mr Color needs its own thinner, since they are not water-based. IMO Mr Color is more superier than Aqueous Hobby Color, they dry very very tough and won’t be affected by enamel or acrylic paint on top of them. If you can read the ingredient in japanese, it should say it is synethic resin acrylic with organic solvent.