RE: Silk Covering Techniques
when painting aircraft I use airbrushes rather than a spraygun and I use auto acrylics thinned down 1:1 with thinners. I never go for the super smooth slick finish as that does take a few coats. and I quite like the fine weave textured look. I have also liked the transparent look on built up glider wings and never paint them a solid colour. For visibility one colour that works well to my surprise was silver/grey, and all my gliders have the fuse belly and sheeted wing sections painted that. Why I use airbrushes is I can use a bare minumum of paint to give a reasonable finish, and it doesnt take that much longer. The one I used for coverage has a .5mm needle/nozzle and a 10cc cup which does cover a good area and sprays a 3-4inch fan. And yes, I own a variety of full sized spray guns. I just found airbrushes a good way to minimise paint usage.