Vallejo Air

[c.rainford73]

Jake that looks excellent really nice

[Jake79]

hey Carl, yes mate their lovely to spray with much nicer using the little bottles. Glad I switched over

[43rdRecceReg]

hey Carl, yes mate their lovely to spray with much nicer using the little bottles. Glad I switched over

Up until now, I have only used Vallejo Model Air Panzer colours, Jake, and been very pleased with the results. How much thinner you use depends on the power of your compressor, to some extent; but the paint's very forgiving. My only reservation is with the Vallejo primer. It tends to flake off, I found. So I use a rattle can from Humbrol for priming. Meantime, and partly because of MIG's superstar status, I have just bought some MIG paints. They took a while to come from Spain (via Switzerland, it seems ..in order to keep the postal costs down, apparently.); but the website is good, and so is the service. What's more important, is they are the only source of British Olive Drab (unlike Tamiya and Vallejo ). I need that for the Cromwell and Firefly.

[c.rainford73]

Mig's streaking grime works excellent also. I just picked some up recently ( to give it a try) and it was very easy to work with and very realistic looking. The amount of streaking and color can be varied with enamel thinner and cleanup is very easy

[wibblywobbly]

Vallejo Air is way too thin for my liking, it's more suited to small scale models. I only ever use the Vallejo Model Color range, and thin it down with plain old water. It is much thicker than the Air version, so you are getting 4x the paint for the same money. Tamiya don't have a paint factory, so they must be paying someone else to make it. Vallejo make paint, it's what they do.

It's all acrylic so can be diluted with water without any problems, just make sure to shake the mix well. It dries in minutes after spraying and the coverage is excellent. One bottle will do a whole tank no problem, with the added bonus that you can brush paint any missed areas invisibly.

[hawkeye3guns]

Hi
Have to admit I'm a novice at airbrushing but, have used Vallejo and thinned it between 50/50 and 60/40 with water thro my airbrush and have always found it perfect for my use. Mind you I only spray in my garage if the heat is above 15'c. I also use the wash mixes, although I thin them as well and apply with a tiny brush.
I was given the advise to use a rattle can for a light priming coat of white ,Grey or red to start depending on the colour scheme and I have to admit it works well that way.
Also when I stripped down my motorcycle steering head I used the old ball bearings to put a ball bearing into each bottle in order to give the paint a good shake/mix before use.
Another good tip I was given was to use an old soldering iron stand (the spring type) to place my airbrush in when in between painting it keeps the airbrush upright and clean.
I have tried Tamiya twice but maybe it was me it kept separating pigments so went to Vallejo.
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