Texan76 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Mr. Hobby Aqueous is not available in the USA. I hear how it is comparable to the quality of Tamiya paints. Unfortunately, Tamiyas range is lacking of colors. Mr Hobby has a great range, plus almost all model kit paint instructions are in Mr Hobby color references. I would really like to get the range of these paints. Can anyone here recommend a place online where I can purchase these and get it shipped to USA? Someone told me to check luckymodel, but they are always out of stock. Any help is greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crayons Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 http://www.bnamodelworld.com/ My online shopping choice for about 95% of my modelling needs. Never had any issues with them in all the years I have been dealing with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan76 Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 Wow! That's perfect. Thanks Crayons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zed Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 You can get Gunze Aqueous shipped to the US from, of all places, Gunze themselves. I have done it a couple of times as I really like their Red Steel colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan76 Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Can Mr Hobby Aqueous be mixed with Tamiya paints? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Can Mr Hobby Aqueous be mixed with Tamiya paints? Yes without any problems. Chemically they are very close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSteve Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Air-Craft.net also carries the aqueous range and though I have compared prices to BNA, they are very nicely priced. From what I have read online, Tamiya X-20A does not work well with Mr. Hobby Aqueous, though I haven't personally tried it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moggy Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 I've used Tamiya & Gunze acrylics for 30 years - 90-percent alcohol / isopropyl alcohol works perfectly well. I never went back to Tamiya's wildly overpriced solvent. I routinely mix GS & Tamiya without problems. For the price of a liter of X-20 you could buy an excellent aged single malt whisky. Cheers, Moggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 14 minutes ago, Moggy said: For the price of a litre of X-20 you could buy an excellent aged single malt whisky. Sounds interesting - so how does the Whisky act as a Gunze / Tamiya Thinner?? Cheers and Merry Chrimbo! .. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moggy Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 On 2017-12-07 at 23:26, Rabbit Leader said: Sounds interesting - so how does the Whisky act as a Gunze / Tamiya Thinner?? Cheers and Merry Chrimbo! .. Dave I've never tried... However, once the isopropyl alcohol ran out on a Sunday, First I swore... then I remembered somebody gave me a bottle of vodka as a present. I don't like vodka - and this was cheap Polish vodka to boot So I used it as solvent in an experiment... and it worked! The models in question smelled funny for some time - but it worked. So now you know what to do with cheap Polish vodka. Cheers, Moggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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