Metalmad Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) On my B-Day my sister in law had ordered a Custom Shop 12 color basic airbrush kit from TCP Global and had the set shipped to me so I was curious to see if anyone here has used these airbrush paints on their builds and if so what kind of results did you have. Edited June 30, 2023 by Metalmad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctruss53 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Never heard of them. Look like nice metallics. I would buy a box of plastic spoons and try them out. It says 2:1 with their reducer. Start there and see what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalmad Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 Not sure why it came with reducer since the paint is ready to shoot ...... I have airbrushed automotive paint and 2K clear and I'm planning on testing the paint this weekend if time permits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Eh? Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I'm not sure, but my initial impression was that they are ready to spray. However, the fine print on the bottom of each label says "Ready to Spray Reduced 2 : 1 with KR70" This might mean that in order to have them ready to spray, you have to reduce them with the included reducer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I wonder how hot this is. It does say Automotive paint. I like the look of the Lava red in the bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 30 minutes ago, Bill Eh? said: I'm not sure, but my initial impression was that they are ready to spray. However, the fine print on the bottom of each label says "Ready to Spray Reduced 2 : 1 with KR70" This might mean that in order to have them ready to spray, you have to reduce them with the included reducer. Bill, when you look that statement, it means Paint in this bottle is "Ready to Spray, as it is already Reduced 2 : 1 with KR70" That seems pretty clear to me. It coudl have been made clearer (like I just did), but they were probably tryign to keep it short. Otherwise it would state "For spraying, the paint in this bottle needs to be Reduced 2 : 1 with KR70" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalmad Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 Thank you all for chiming in on this. The kit comes with 12 really cool solid and metallic and pearl colors so hopefully I'll get some time this weekend to shoot some of the colors on a few extra bodies that I have laying around to experiment with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Let us know the results. Spoon test is the safest. I hope that these paints have fairly small size metallic particles, not like some Testors paints which have large metallic particles. They don't look too bad when viewed in person, but looking at photos of the model show the glitter-size metallic particles int the paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuilderX Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 make sure the metallic flake are in scale or it wont look right on the body Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, BuilderX said: make sure the metallic flake are in scale or it wont look right on the body You took the words out of my mouth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuilderX Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 (edited) Great names think alike!? 6 minutes ago, peteski said: You took the words out of my mouth! Edited July 1, 2023 by BuilderX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 That Egyptian Gold looks like it has some large metallic flakes. Good for customs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 1017 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 I am pretty sure the this is re-branded HOK paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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