Parma.......???????

[Browneye]

Any solid earth tones or military colors? That's kind of what we're all looking for.

Tamiya poly paint has like 4 shades of orange. Do you know what the top pick of any color for teen boys is? Yep...orange. :mrgreen:

 

[Hal]

HOK has a lot of colors to choose from. I did a bit of mixing on my own with some. Price not bad and I used on hard body with no problems. I have used adherto fore a long time on lexan in the days of my pancar 1/10 and 1/12 scale to get colors of automotive to stick. It does add a bit of weight to the body. I only noticed it on my 1/12 scale when trying to make weight back in the day. And by the way browneye, I am thinking that orange is not just teen boys color of choice. Me and a lot of my friends use it on our 1:1, and we are all pushing 60 lol. Of course that doesnt mean we are grown up. :lmao:

 

[mikemcE]

Hal , I’ve mirrored your experience with HOK.
I will still add that Tangelo Pearl and it’s variants have always been this old guys go to choices.

I will also add of all my rigs, Orange is the choice color, as all my fast ones needed to be seen at speed.


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[Hal]

I will admit I have not done a lot with the new waterbased paints and would welcome some pointers on using them. Getting adhesion and flex for using on lexan can be a problem. With a couple of bodies In the beginning I could not get the pinstriping to stick but had no problem with the paint I sprayed on. Since then I have not had the same issue. It could have been because it was a new procduct or that I didnt get my striping brushes clean enough from previous job. I will have to say I use totaly different equipment for each now. For those of you new to airbrushing ANY paint, good eqipment is important. A good quality paintbrush and airbrush are vital. For an airbrucsh a dual action model is best. The first part of the trigger will only put out air, push a bit further and the paint will be added to the mix. Seperate air and paint adjuster screws wil realy help with getting the spray pattern.you want. Most of the paint producers have good tutorials on therir websites, they want you to know how to use there product so you will use therir product. I hav not found a good site that explains how to get the correct mix for special colors. Brown (rootbeer, another favorite of mine) are very hard to copy without a lot of trial and error. Another thing to be carefull with is the size of the metallic particles in the paint. The size and amount of the metallic in the paint can make it look very different in different light, it can also mess with your eqipment. I will have to say for those that have notdone much painting, DO IT. Talk with people you know for help and use their experiance to get you going.there is nothing like completing a project knowing you did the work yourself. Good luck.:ror:

 

[mikemcE]

Spot on . I started with the WB paints a bit back. Parma has a great lineup, easy learning curve, but wanted lots of pressure. I’ve since started with auto air and wicked.
Auto air has a product(1030?) that when added gives the flex for lexan, like Adherto . Biggest issue I have with WB is cleanup, royal pain vs HOK.


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