Hi;
I prefer Testors, as they carry the Blue shades I really like. Now for any other color I have started using Createx with a glosscoat afterwards.
Without question, for a final color coat, acrylic lacquers.
Tamiya has a great range, and many times I’ve even gone to the local auto store to have a custom color mixed. They can often do smaller quantities. Some can even decant them into spray cans.
It dries fast, dries hard, and once fully dried, withstands polishing extremely well, giving an excellent finish.
I use a short length of straw to decant into a small container to pour into my Iwata color cup. Tamiya lacquer thinner is FAR less “hot” than auto store acrylic lacquer thinner. I get better results using the Tamiya stuff.
Tamiya also has excellent polishes.
Thanks guys, it sounds like Tamiya is the favorite.
I sprayed all flavors and bands of rattle cans from Rust-Oleum paints, Tamiya’s TS, Krylon. My favorite was Anita’s acrylic paints cleared with Rust-Oleum clear lacquer until I tried Testors. I spray it thinned 50/50 with off the shelve lacquer thinner and then This is what my go to process is for now.
I’m really liking alot of the ideas I’m seeing in this thread. As of now I’m still using Testors spray can paints decanted and shot through an airbrush. I have perfected my method over the years and it’s gonna be hard to switch but that’s the way it is.
Perfect results…every time:
Looks good man. I really like the Testors paint and how it lays down nice and shiny.
Right on Bob. Stuff is painlessly easy to work with.