Gidday
Just a quick question, I just wanted to know if anyone had an opinion on gunze sangyo acrylic paints. Basicly I just want to know whether they’re any good and if they go on well with an airbrush. Also, what can and can’t you paint over the top of them.
Thank for your help
I personally love these paints[:)]
Last time I used them was on a 1/72 scale Mi-24 Hind, about 5 months ago(had a short break due to my son being born[:)])
Through my airbrush, an Aztec 4709 at that time, they sprayed beautifully mixed with Tamiya thinners, about 60/40 paint/thinner.
This mix sprayed so well, I didnt even have to use any form of masking for the camo scheme.
The pigment density is super, but the hand painting characteristics is a little poor, but thats the same with most acrylics I feel.
As for painting over them, all I used was Gunze semi-gloss.
But this feels a little ‘sticky’ to touch even after curing, so I advise a coating of Pledge One-Go.
I also used Micro Sol and Set for the decals, and this didn’t affect the paint at all.
Hope this helps[:)]
Sean
i think they are terrable for handpainting, but excelent for everything else especially drybrushing, because the pigments are thick, they easily rub off, making it easier to make your models more relistic. For airbrushing, they are pretty good, could be better if smaler pigments. for handbrushing, i prefer tamiya caus eof there better ocverage
Congrats on your new son Tweety!
IMHO the finest acrylic model paint available. The finest “fine lines” with an acrylic I’ve seen. Also I found that I could brush paint fine. When I brush paint Gunze I keep a empty film canister filled with distilled water close for re-wetting the brush and brush paint to my hearts desire! Windex cleans my brushes very well after using Gunze.
but they own your wallet…
I’ve only used them once. I brush painted them on and they worked well. Im not sure how exspensive they are in different regions but at my LHS they are always on sale for $1.25.
I’ve have used them in the past and found them very good for airbrushing but not so good for hand brushing. They also have a good range of colours available and are readily available in Australia.
Congrats on the birth of your son tweety1, I hope you are training him to be a modeller, never to young to start.
I love Gunze, both the acrylics and the lacquers. I primarily use Tamiya enamels and acrylics, but the number of Gunze bottles on the workbench is catching up.
Great paint!
how are tamiya enamals?arnt they the ones that come in little glass bottles?
I switched to Gunze a few months back after picking up a bottle of their RLM02 last year.
The finish is way better than the one I get with Lifecolour, and they airbrush beautifully.
As for brush painting, I usually thin them a little, and that works fine.
What’s more I have found a stockist in the UK who sells them for a £1 a pot!!!
Karl
Kinda the same as Testors little glass bottles. The acrylics come in larger bottles, the mouths of which are the same diameter as the body.
I like 'em all.
Thanks madda and South[:D]
Couldn’t be happier with the lil’ tike, except at 3 in the morning[:(]
But then he is his mothers son[:D][;)]
And yes, I will be trying as hard as I can to encourage him to be the ‘Next Gen’ of modellers[;)]
Besides, the way I figure it, by the time he is old enough to use his own knife, he will have to start replacing all the models he broke when he was 2[:D]
Gunze takes takes a long time to cure though. Sometime they seem to never dry. Not the best for brush painting either. Other than these, it’s excellent.
Hungfarlow, what are you thinning them with?
I have thinned with both distilled water and Tamiya acrylic thinner and have had no problems with drying at all.
Karl
I thin with Tamiya thinner or rubbing alchohol. I can airbrush Gunze pretty well but occasionally it will have drying problems.
I don’t have too many Gunze bottles left. I’m trying to clear out my inventory and reduce the different brands I have. I hundreds and hundreds of bottles (tins) of paint from just about every manufacturer in the world in both acrylics and enamel.
I seem to have a bigger problem collecting paint than model kits.
Strange, the drying problem, not the paint collecting habit. Been there done that in my teenage incarnation as a modeller!
Can’t say I have ever had a problem with any paints drying, especially not Gunze.
Karl
If you pour your Gunze paint look at some of the bottles. You might have runs outside the bottle. The runs will seem to never dry. You can also look at the thread of the bottle where the paint collects. That’s the kind of behavior I have seen with Gunze when sprayed.
Hunfarlow, I can honestly say that i have never had that problem.
I know Seattle if wet, but I didn’t think it was that humid!!!
Karl
same here, it happens so often, but i only have 3 gunze’s and they all have those problems… tamiyas on the other hand…