What does the recent tsunami, Tamiya and our hobby have in common?

[Medicman71]

I almost always buy two jars of paint. I just know I’ll run out in the middle of a build. I use Testors Model Master paints, so out-of-stock hasn’t been an issue for me.

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[Gamera]

Ye, it is an auto parts store. Sorry i mis understood. When you said you used the same stuff, i assumed you meant same brand. My bad. I think halfords is a UK only chain, which is why i was a bit surprised.

Sorry guess I wasn’t that clear either. I’ve used several brands and think it’s all the same stuff where ever you buy it.

I’ve tried Gunze Sangyo Mr. Thinner with Tamiya and had excellent results, just that as stated the stuff is so hard to find in the US I’ve not made a habit of it.

[DoogsATX]

I’ve tried Gunze Sangyo Mr. Thinner with Tamiya and had excellent results, just that as stated the stuff is so hard to find in the US I’ve not made a habit of it.

I only use Gunze thinner for thinning paint, and since I use gravity feed brushes exclusively, I don’t really tear through all that much paint, so a big 450ml bottle of thinner will last me a good long while (I still have 1/3 of the first bottle I bought last year), so as long as I have a current bottle and a second to move on to, supply isn’t a big deal. They may not be in stock all the time, but they’re in stock often enough that I haven’t been left wanting.

[Bish]

I had never thought about needing to thin the paint less when useing a gravity fed air brush. But it makes sense. I am still useing a badger 150 but planning on getting a 100.

[DoogsATX]

I had never thought about needing to thin the paint less when useing a gravity fed air brush. But it makes sense. I am still useing a badger 150 but planning on getting a 100.

Yeah, depending on the brush, they really sip paint. I use 2ml disposable pipettes to transfer paint and thinner, and for an average spray job, I probably use 2-4ml of thinner. So that’s anywhere from 100-200+ sessions out of a single bottle of thinner.

I would honestly use less for a lot of things, but it’s hard to stir a good mix with less fluid in the mixing jar (I never mix in the airbrush cup, since, in my experience, paint likes to drop to the bottom, and it’s hard to shift it from around the needle once it’s done that).

[Bish]

Thats one thing i was woundering about. With thye siphon feed brush i just mix the paint in whatever i am attaching to the brush. I have never seen a gravity feed brush, but it would be more awkward to do it in the spraying cup.

One question. When you pour the paint into the cup, what stops it just flowing down around the needle and clogging up the brush. Or is it just a case of getting the paint in at the last minute.

[DoogsATX]

One question. When you pour the paint into the cup, what stops it just flowing down around the needle and clogging up the brush. Or is it just a case of getting the paint in at the last minute.

Nothing, really…when you pour the paint it, it flows around the needle into the paint channel…but the needle is closing access to the nozzle/tip, and with no air in the channel, it’s tough for even a mean acrylic to dry out in there before you start spraying.

[Bish]

Thanks. I knew there must be somthing that would stop the paint from just flowing through and into your lap. I really need to get that 100, i keep putting it off.

[BeltFed]

All of this just makes me happy i switched to Vallejo