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Airbrushing a Warbird using water based acrylic ??? - 3/9/2004 10:50:35 PM   
Big Daddy-RCU


 

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Status: offline 		Hi all.
I wanted to know if anyone has used water based acrylic paints (cheap craft bottle paint) with a airbrush to paint there Warbird??
I`ve read and heard of guys airbrushing there Warbirds with water based latex paint and then clear coating it with top flite flat clear.
The water based acrylics are cheap and found in almost any color(the right colors for my German FW-190a).
Has anyone used this type of paint and airbrushed there Warbird with it??
Please post your input on this paint and airbrushing with it?
Thanks...
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RE: Airbrushing a Warbird using water based acrylic ??? - 3/9/2004 11:58:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		I used the acrylics from Walmart on a 40 size Gee Bee. Clearcoated with Black Barons clear and it came out quite nice. I used the cheapest brand they had, about .44 cents a bottle(2oz). I thinned it about 50% or so, and shot through a cheap airbrush. They covered well with about 3 coats to make it opaque on unpainted Super Coverite. i think I would use a different brand of clearcoat if I did another, as the B/B tends to yellow in the sun over time.

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RE: Airbrushing a Warbird using water based acrylic ??? - 3/10/2004 12:26:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Course in your pic TLH, the paint does look reeeeeeely nice.

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RE: Airbrushing a Warbird using water based acrylic ??? - 3/10/2004 1:23:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		Boy, does it ever look nice!! Maybe the yellowing adds just the right 'period ambience'.

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RE: Airbrushing a Warbird using water based acrylic ??? - 3/10/2004 10:47:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		TLH101, Nice job using that paint, it looks good.
Any problems with it peeling or cracking??

** Anyone else use this type of paint on there Warbird?? **

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RE: Airbrushing a Warbird using water based acrylic ??? - 3/11/2004 12:59:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		I've used these paints for several aircraft; a 1/8 scale scratch-built Spitfire and two Ace 1/2A Corsairs. It's easy to use, cleans up with water and no smell. I reduce it to about 1/2 water and 1/2 paint. If it's too thick it spits from the airbrush. I use a double action airbrush because I have better control with it. I used to clear coat it with satin polyurethane, but now I use water based polyurethane brushed on. You can use this to adhere fiberglass cloth as well.

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RE: Airbrushing a Warbird using water based acrylic ??? - 3/12/2004 4:35:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		I am in the trial stages of using the water acrylic from Walmart. I have tried several ratios of mix from water with a few drops of paint through about a 50/50 mix. Depends on what effect you need to what ratio to use. I just keep experimenting

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