Tamiya spray lacquer cure time? - Painting & Finishing - Large Scale Planes
Thanks for your advice Kev and Bevan. I decanted the spray into a clean empty Tamiya jar and added about 15% Mr.Color Leveling Thinner 400. Left it alone for about 40 mins and watched the bubbles fizz as the gas vented off. Sprayed it through the airbrush a short while later and it worked a treat. The paints are great, quick drying but sometimes you just want the precise control of the ...
Hi Paul, I airbrush with Tamiya acrylics a lot and have used them in Iwata airbrushes in the past with great results thinning them 50/50 with either Tamiya or Mr. Color lacquer or Tamiya's X20 thinner. I have always sprayed at around 15 psi for normal airbrushing work and have never found the need to use a higher psi. I do drop the psi to around 5 when spraying mottling and also then the paint ...
Any news about the Tamiya 1/32 anything ? As the USAF failed to invest in updates to the early production F-22 Block, those are shortly getting the chop. Then the rest will follow when NGAD emerges. You're not likely to get another kit ever in 1/32, bar a 3D print, even if some unit paints one up like the FLANG's City of Jacksonville Six. Now, the Delta Dart, that's one I'm waiting for. Go on ...
I decanted some Tamiya spray lacquer and airbrushed it on a Phantom. (TS-15 gloss blue) Had a small dust spot so after it sat about three days I hit it with some 2000 grit wet in that small area. Polished it and it just would not gloss out. I figured it was still curing. Let it sit another week. ...