Model Master Paint difficulty

I picked up a bottle of the RLM 02 by Model Master and brushed it on the some landing gear struts. The problem I’m having is finding a good mixture to use to cover the surface.
When I used it straight from the bottle it seemed very thick but also hard to control. One swipe with the brush would leave paint but it would receed and “bunch up”. The second swipe would wipe it away. When I thinned it, I seemed to have a problem covering the surface.
I primed with an acrylic primer.
Is it not conducive to brush work and I should use an airbrush?
Does it not like acrylic?
Is it possible that I’m rushing it and should build up a couple of coats of thinned paint? (This seems to begin to obscure detail). The pain in all of this is that the struts are detailed with scratch built brake lines and line clamps. Each time I clean them up to start over I have to redo much of the detail work. This is getting frustrating. As it is now I have some very rough looking struts that look overworked paintwise. (1/48 is such a pain) I’ve pretty much settled with these but I want to avoid future problems.

Any ideas? Help me Obi Wan(s) your my only hope…

Mike

wow, thats crazy before i saw that u said u primed them i would have told you to clean them better, ive never heard of the model masters paint doing that before.

I’ve had this problem with Model Master as well, mostly with black for some reason. When it happens, I wipe the area clean of paint and thinner and let it sit (usually because it annoys the heck out of me) Next I clean the brush or get another brush and put a smaller amount of paint on the brush and then paint the part using smaller strokes. I don’t know why this happens, but it always seems to happen when nothing else went wrong while I was building the model. [B)]

I have had this problem with Model Master when brushing flat over a gloss finish. Try spraying a light coat of flat (Testor’s Dollcote worked for me) over your surface before brush painting.

Rick