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Jim - 30 Jul 2005 20:15 GMT

I want to give the Gunze Panzer colors a try, and plan on ordering them.

Do I need to add white to this set to get the scale effect?

What is the mixing ratio for airbrushing with these paints?

I haven't been modeling much lately, mainly because I lost my painting touch
and usually ended up with a grainy looking finish when the paint dried.
Lately I've been going through the already been started pile and finishing
them. Well at least to the point of being ready for primer and paint.

In fact I just finished stripping the grainy finish off my early Tam Panther
G yesterday.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jim

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Greg Heilers - 31 Jul 2005 01:55 GMT

> I want to give the Gunze Panzer colors a try, and plan on ordering them.
>
> Do I need to add white to this set to get the scale effect?

White, or a light tan/flesh (depending on the original color, that you are
"scaling down")

> What is the mixing ratio for airbrushing with these paints?

There is probably no "one correct formula". The humidity in your area,
and at the moment you are painting; can heavily influence the paint
performance. I think a good "general" formula is a paint-to-thinner
ratio of the range 60-40 to 50-50. Once again, test it just before you
begin painting...as temperature, humidity, etc., can affect performance.

I have had equally good results thinning with water, isopropyl alcohol,
or even a mixture of the two (I am too cheap to pay for "Gucci"
thinners...lol)

> I haven't been modeling much lately, mainly because I lost my painting
> touch and usually ended up with a grainy looking finish when the paint
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>
> Jim

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Serge D. Grun - 31 Jul 2005 10:45 GMT

> I want to give the Gunze Panzer colors a try, and plan on ordering them.
>
> Do I need to add white to this set to get the scale effect?

Tan or gray; white will 'break' the colour.

> What is the mixing ratio for airbrushing with these paints?

Anywhere from 1:2 to 3:1, depends on what you want to paint and the
finish you want to get.

> I haven't been modeling much lately, mainly because I lost my painting touch
> and usually ended up with a grainy looking finish when the paint dried.
> Lately I've been going through the already been started pile and finishing
> them. Well at least to the point of being ready for primer and paint.
>
> In fact I just finished stripping the grainy finish

Air pressure too high.

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