can you post pics of your Acrylic painted models? Thanks!

[foxbat426]

Would love to see some hobbiests acrylic painted models. Up to now i've only used enamels when painting my models. Some how in my mind you just won't get the same results with acrylic vs. enamels paint. Would love to see some nice acrylic builds to compare. I love the idea of water clean up!! Thanks!

john

[ferrarijoe]

These are all acrylic. Mercedes and Ferrari are Model Masters acrylic. The Honda and BMW are createx wicked colors

[foxbat426]

Wow really nice!! is there a clear coat on those?? Thanks for posting. beautiful builds!!

[pharoah]

Here's one I did. Tamiya green out of the bottle. Thinned with rubbing alcohol. I still cleaned the airbrush with lacquer thinner to make sure it was clean. I use artist's acrylics (tube paints) for washes and interiors more and more.All you have to do is prime it first. You can even clearcoat them.

[ferrarijoe]

Wow really nice!! is there a clear coat on those?? Thanks for posting. beautiful builds!!

The f1 cars have future on them, since the the wicked colors have a semi gloss finish. Model Master straight from bottle, with a little testors universal acrylic thinner to make it spray better.

And all are primed with tamiya primer.

Edited April 13, 2015 by ferrarijoe

[Can-Con]

Been working on this one. Tamiya acrylic black with their clearcoat. This is strait from the airbrush. 4 coats of clear wetsanded with 4000 grit between coats and no polish yet in this pic.

[fseva]

Been working on this one. Tamiya acrylic black with their clearcoat. This is strait from the airbrush. 4 coats of clear wetsanded with 4000 grit between coats and no polish yet in this pic.

What is the clearcoat - acrylic or their synthetic lacquer?

[DeeCee]

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Edited April 15, 2015 by DeeCee

[taaron76]

I only use Tamiya acrylics or Testors/Model Master acrylics... but most of the time, Tamiya. I used denatured alcohol to thin it and use it as cleanup as well. You can use water, provided its still wet. It's all in the technique and wetsanding/polishing. Here are a few...

Tim

[Can-Con]

What is the clearcoat - acrylic or their synthetic lacquer?

X-22 clear acrylic in the bottle. Thinned with rubbing alcohol.

[fseva]

I only ever use Automotive Acrylics, with automotive primers and clear coats, once you get the mix and air brush pressure sorted to your liking, there is nothing better. ( Just my opinion).

As it also dries fast, you can mask over it pretty well straight away. ( 5 mins ). Which allows for multi color paint schemes with out waiting for ever for it to dry.

And if you stuff something up, it is so easy to re-do, no stripping back to plastic needed either.

Here is a couple, i have about 200 in Acrylic though.

It could be that we're getting a bit mixed up, here... Was the original question about Acrylic Lacquers & Enamels, or the Wicked Colors kind of acrylic, that is pure acrylic through and through?

Edited April 14, 2015 by fseva

[fseva]

X-22 clear acrylic in the bottle. Thinned with rubbing alcohol.

Wow - I'm going to have to try that!

[rsxse240]

I took it as pure acrylic. My real car was done with acrylic. Though I used polyurethane clear.

[foxbat426]

I asked about pure acrylic, like testors Aztek or Model masters etc. etc. Water clean up.

[rsxse240]

There are a lot of nice colors available in acrylics. I prefer them for flats and for brushing larger areas of interior parts as they lay so flat and streak free, they also dry so much more quickly than enamels.

I use a rattle can of polyurethane clear that is intended for jamb work on real cars since it will not craze or otherwise act adversely with the acrylic, plus it dries like stone.