I am building RX-78-2 ver KA right now, I am consider myself as beginner, still exparimenting with preshading techniques.
I tried to use the Tamiya Flat Base X-21 (mix with little bit thinner) and air brush it over. I thought it was a layer of clear flat, but it turns out to be white and powdery after it dried. I can even rub it off with my finger over the model. What did I done wrong?
is the FlatBase not supposed to mix with thinner? can I mix colour with some
Flatbase to convert the paint to flat-based?
yes, tamiya flat base is intended to be mixed in with other acrylic colors that may have a gloss or semi gloss sheen to them to make them a flat color. i hear you can mix it with future to make a semi-gloss or satin sheen as well but i’ve never tried it. as you have already found out, dont airbrush it by itself. later.
Is this stuff supposed to be pretty thick or did I just get a bad jar?
As saltydog said, Tamyia Flat base is designed to be added to other acrylic paints to help flatten them and not used by itself.
caseyn5. The jar I have is also a liitle thicker than the normal acrylic so I would say your jars ok, but to be sure I would test it before using it on a model.
It is supposed to be thicker than acrylics, it’s an additive.
I strongly recommend testing with this stuff, cause to much will appear ok until it dries, then it will look pretty cruddy.
I tried it just yesterday mixed with a little Pledge One Go (Future to you guys)
Works a treat!!!
Ok cool, for a moment I thought I had gotten a raw deal.
I use Tamiya Flat Base mixed with Future in place of dullcoat because & don’t like to spray stuff out of cans & don’t like messing with thick laquers. There was an article in FSM a few months back titled “Future - the modeler’s best friend” back in the March 2004 issue. It talked briefly about mixing your own flat clear coats. I just check & it’s not available to read online, though there are websites like Swanny’s that talk about mixing flat base & future…
http://www.swannysmodels.com/TheCompleteFuture.html
It gives me a great finish everytime & neat thing too is that you can customize just how flat/dull you want it to be with the mixing ratio that you use.
Brian