Hello everyone I have a question:
I read on the net that Mr Color is a special type of acrylic paint and should be thinned with Mr Color thinner. I have some pots of this brand of paint that I didn’t used yet.
I have only Tamiya’s acrylic thinner and my question is can I use this thinner with Mr Color paints?
Thanks in advance for the replies and…[Read more]
you can try it but I doubt it will work. Gunze, the maker of Mr.Color has different lines one of them is Mr Color Aqueous which is an acrylic paint, but the one normally reffered to as Mr.Color is a water based lacquer paint. if however what you do have is Mr Color Aqueous then I suppose it would work, the problem is I have no idea how to tell…[Read more]
It’s Gundam Color pots. I can read Japanese but nothing about the nature of the paint is written on it.
It only says that it’s semi gloss and has some numbers on it, for instance the blue is “Blue 17” and “CG72”.
Gundam color by Mr. Hobby are all lacquer base. But with more experience modeler, they can see there are normal paint color also a gundam color except normal color is lot more cheaper than Gundam color, lol.
And no, Mr. Hobby Acrylic is nothing special, they don’t need special thinner too. It just a market business. You can thinned down with any…[Read more]
Well it’s been awhile since my last update. I’ve got a lot done on the kit, and I’m almost ready to lay down the 1st base coats. I know I’m working slow, but a full time job, a wife, and 3 kids comes 1st.
But so far I’ve gotten the underside of the skirt armor fixed up how I wanted it, and I have the shin blades…[Read more]
That gunmetal is looking great. How did you apply the paint on the beam blades? The coat looks a little inconsistent, but maybe you were going with that route?