Hataka Orange Series Paints

[Graham T]

Anyone with experience of this range?  I'm tempted by these as I can't live with acrylics & I find that my usual Xtracolour enamels aren't always the very best.  I understand these are lacquer based & "airbrush ready" is that correct. I assume thinned with cellulose thinners?

Edited April 14, 2020 by Graham T

[fewr9fkr9595]

Do you mean hataka orange line? 

 

or the AK real colors? 
 

The airbrush ready part I think means the size of the pigment, not the consistency of the paint, they are too thick to spray from the bottle/jar as are most. 
 

The are both the same as Mr Color, 

a lacquer acrylic that thins with cellulose or levelling thinners etc. 

[colin]

If as above you mean Hataka, then yes I have used them and they spray lovely.The orange line are lacquer based, I thin with Mr Levelling thinner.

Ready to spray straight from the bottle, not really way to thick for that unless your using a .5 needle.

It's a 17ml bottle and you can thin them right down and build the colour up, so a little go's a long way

[bmwh548]

If you're talking about AK's acrylics (which have an orange cap) they're waterbased as far as I know, so you'll likely have the classical issues airbrushing them.

[Graham T]

Sorry, yes I meant HATAKA!

 

[whiskey]

I am looking at buying some of their paint sets, like this:

 

 

I am just confused a bit. Does the "orange line" need to be thinned before spraying or can I drop it in the cup and go? I've read many conflicting accounts of this.

 

Also what is the "red line" paint? Is that the acrylic version?

[fewr9fkr9595]

1 hour ago, whiskey said:

 

I am just confused a bit. Does the "orange line" need to be thinned before spraying or can I drop it in the cup and go? I've read many conflicting accounts of this.

 

Also what is the "red line" paint? Is that the acrylic version?

The orange line does need thinning if you intend to spray through smaller than a 0.5mm airbrush. 
It is not pre thinned like MRP. 
You can thin orange line with cellulose, Mr Color thinners or hatakas own orange thinner. 
 

Their Red line was their first range of paints. A water soluble but not necessarily water based acrylic. Think along the lines of tamiya or mr hobby aqueous etc. 
 

The blue line is again water soluble and designed for brushing. Whether the formula is the same as red line but just a thicker consistency I don’t know.

 

The orange line is lacquer based and definitely not water soluble. 
 

All the paints these days are acrylic as in the pigment/binder. Its the carrier that’s different eg water alcohol lacquer etc. 
 

So technically the orange line are acrylic paints too, just lacquer based.