Steve Coombs

Hi Bertie,

No offence taken. We all have our opinions on this forum, and that's what makes it fun. A challenge to the routine is often an eye-opener.

I've never sprayed the GW paints, so I have no experience of how well they perform through an airbrush. My go-to paints are Aqueous Hobby Color and Tamiya, though I find the Vallejo Metal Colors very useful too.

I use a hairy stick to coax the GW Shades into assorted nooks and crannies, and I find the splendidly opaque white levels out nicely by itself as an undercoat for spraying gloss white, such as for missiles.

All modelling for me is on hold for a fortnight or so. I am packing boxes and dismantling furniture before a move this weekend, and will in all probability spend all next week establishing order in the new flat. The new place has sufficient space for me to get glass cabinets large enough for the V-bombers in the stash! Not quite my idea of a typical summer holiday, but it'll do me, given the circumstances. I hope the pandemic is sufficiently under control in the autumn so I can visit the folks in the UK; I haven't seen them in person in nearly two years.
Once again, welcome to the forums.

Cheers,

Steve

Cool, glad you weren't bothered. It was more my tone than the opinion that bothered me.

Aqueous Hobby Color and Tamiya are my best paints for spraying and I go with Vallejo for brushing, except their whites, which I don't like at all. For white I use titanium white from Schmincke Akademie Acryl range which has tons of pigment and is nice and creamy. I never thought of using it as an undercoat for missiles though, interesting!

I prefer spirit based paint for 'panel-lining' figures (and everything else) because of its lower surface tension and crucially, the way you can wipe it off leaving the most subtle finish. Acrylic drying time is just too fast for me in that application.

Good luck with your move. I'm refurnishing my flat atm, waiting for my new desk to arrive next week and meanwhile building IKEA kits of 1:1 scale furniture. It's warm weather here for that sort of work.