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Tamiya Color rattle cans. Love em.

Rust o leum primer then Tamiya Color rattle cans. Love em.

Tamiya rattle cans primer then airbrush for the base coat as I often do preshading so the base coat needs to be very light so the oreshading shows through.

I've using several paints : acrylics and lacquer from Tamiya, MiG acrylics but they scratch easily as they're meant for static models. However that can be an advantage to weather the paint and with a good clear coat, it's OK!

MrChef wrote: ↑Sat Sep 27, 2025 3:32 am I prefer rattle cans at this point. I plan to try the Badger Stynylrez at some time soon with my airbrush but till then I prefer spray cans since they are much quicker and my hand doesn't cramp up and contort into a claw.

Stynylrez is a decent primer, but you might need to use a larger needle in your airbrush than you would use with regular paint. I have trouble with clogs using it. I recently did buy a larger needle and tip to try with it.

The Mr. Hobby spray can primers aren't quite as nice as the Tamiya fine ones IMO, but the Tamiya rattle cans are really expensive for what you get.

You could always do what I do pull off the spray can head and replace it with a Tamiya spray can head (Prewashed and soaked in Isopropanol Alcohol/ Acyrilic Thinners ).
If you go to E-Bay you will find vendors selling bags of spray can heads with various jet sizes as well as single and mist jets for very little money.

I use Tamiya rattle can grey primer as the base, then if I need a Dunkelgelb base colour, I use a mix of Tamiya's Dark Yellow, Buff and White in roughly equal parts through an airbrush. Dark Yellow is too dark by itself, and adding a matt clear and filters will only make it darker. Also, if I want to colour-modulate, I need to go lighter still.

Thanks, jarndice: I clean spray can heads every time I use them and keep them clean in a jar. But I may just pick up even more on e-Bay the next time I order stuff.

jarndice wrote: ↑Mon Sep 29, 2025 10:48 am You could always do what I do pull off the spray can head and replace it with a Tamiya spray can head (Prewashed and soaked in Isopropanol Alcohol/ Acyrilic Thinners ).
If you go to E-Bay you will find vendors selling bags of spray can heads with various jet sizes as well as single and mist jets for very little money.

That is intriguing. Being a cheapskate, I've always gone looking for a nozzle off another spray can if the current one is clogged, but it's always been with generic big cans from the hardware. I always figured they use a higher solids content than Tamiya primers/paints and they would clog up a Tamiya tip fast. I do like the thinness of Tamiya primer to keep fine details. This is a must try! Thanks,

Mike.