Dec 22, 2014 Vallejo Model AIR and Game AIR are perfect for your AB. Using Vallejo Model Color, Game Color, Varnish, and Panzer Aces are a bit more tricky for your airbrush. I do have a lot of Model Color and a few Game Color ( used for hand painting minis ) so I had to learn how to use them with an airbrush.
Does anyone have any experience or tips for spraying Vallejo Model Color through an airbrush?I've recently bought a selection of colours for handbrushing tools, gear etc. And was wondering if I am able to utilise the same paints in my airbrush.
With the LHS asking $8+ a bottle for Model Air, it seems a very expensive way to buy very thin paint.I know Vallejo acrylics can be thinned with distilled water, but I also bought some of Vallejo's own thinner, as I'm led to believe it has an ingredient that 'preserves the carrier/pigment integrity' that can be compromised when thinned excessively.Any tips would be welcome.' Tighter than a fish's.' Yes, I have some tips:before I used vallejo Model Air, I was using MODEL COLOR during years with good results.of course, you must thin down a bit, because it is thicker thanModel Air.And yes, you can use tap water for it, don't use Vallejo Model Air Thinner.Of course, what I recomend you most is a good primer before paint with Model Color.In fact, Vallejo have released a new primer than can be used with Airbrush and is excepcionally good.Finally, when you are painting with Model Color, have close to you a piece of cotton cloth humidified with a bit of alcohol.
It must be used to clean the noose of the airbrush when the color get dry, closing the exit of the paint and air.That's allMIG. Yes, I have some tips:before I used vallejo Model Air, I was using MODEL COLOR during years with good results.of course, you must thin down a bit, because it is thicker thanModel Air.And yes, you can use tap water for it, don't use Vallejo Model Air Thinner.Of course, what I recomend you most is a good primer before paint with Model Color.In fact, Vallejo have released a new primer than can be used with Airbrush and is excepcionally good.Finally, when you are painting with Model Color, have close to you a piece of cotton cloth humidified with a bit of alcohol. It must be used to clean the noose of the airbrush when the color get dry, closing the exit of the paint and air.That's allMIGWell thanks 'guru' Mig for the advicesI've just bought the valleyo gray primer but I haven't tried yet so I was wondering if it was goodAnd thanks a lot for the tip of the cotton swab wet in alcohol.
I've never heard beforecheers. Thanks for the replies, Mig and Matthew.Mig, I hadn't realised the thinner was for the Model Air.
Would there be a problem using the thinner with the Model Color paints, not that I don't have access to distilled water?P.S. I am looking forward to your new FAQ book as well, please let us all know as soon as it is available.Matthew, Regarding the 'add the paint to the water' method, are you saying you need to thin it about 1: 4. I normally use Tamiya (and their thinners) and thin it roughly 1:1.Regards, Lucien. Well, the Vallejo Model Air THINNER was created and developed for the VALEJO MODEL AIR.vallejo model air is a tottally different kind of acrylic paint than model Color.Model color was designed to be applied by brush and Model Air for airbrush.Both works in different ways and both have different propierties.Model Color works very well with TAP WATER.
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In fact, Great figure painted using model Color during years ONLY use TAP WATER with incredible rsults.About MODEL AIR, all test that I made long time ago, showed me that Model Air works much better with the specific Thinner.It is just my experience.About pressure, I recomend you no more than 1,5.regardsMIG. Well, the Vallejo Model Air THINNER was created and developed for the VALEJO MODEL AIR.vallejo model air is a tottally different kind of acrylic paint than model Color.Model color was designed to be applied by brush and Model Air for airbrush.Both works in different ways and both have different propierties.Model Color works very well with TAP WATER. In fact, Great figure painted using model Color during years ONLY use TAP WATER with incredible rsults.About MODEL AIR, all test that I made long time ago, showed me that Model Air works much better with the specific Thinner.It is just my experience.About pressure, I recomend you no more than 1,5.regardsMIGAccording to Alex Vallejo, the thinners in the Model Color (all the sizes), Model Air and Game Color are in fact the same product, just in a different package. I personally as well as many local modelers have been using the thinner to thin Model Color with great success.While Distilled water will work fine, it lacks any retarding properties that is built into the the Vallejo Thinner, which will reduce how fast the paint will dry in, and on the tip of the airbrush.
No, I don't have an exact ratio, I do it by eye.Hey Matt,Can you describe how you do it? When I mix, I do it in the cup of the AB and I usually start with say, 3-5 drops of Model Color and 2-5 drops of water, or almost a 1:1 ratio.
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Ive got little experience with an AB but my results so far have been excellent. I dont paint at a high pressure.maybe 20 psi. (maybe thats high LOL) and the coverage seems very good and even.SteveHi Steve,I mix up Model Color airbrush ratios in 30ml bottles and start with 3/4 of a bottle of water, then drip in the paint until it's that 1% milk consistency. Each color has different pigment content, so each mix is different. I don't count the drops because it's different for each color. 1:1 sounds really thick for Model Color, but if you are getting the results you want, stick with it.