thinning lifecolor paint for airbrushing

[montythefirst]

hi

just got my first set of Lifecolor paints wanted to know whats the best way to thin them for airbrushing?

 

[montythefirst]

any ideas ?

 

[swralph]

I would like to know also

 

[Blue Thunder]

Well, a guy that also likes the scale airplane arena joins the party. Look my airbrush work:

Better hide this image ... This forum is dedicated to scale figures

In my personal opinion Lifecolors are very temperamental when it comes to airbrush: They clog and clog a lot.

Three tips:

1) Airbrush thinner first to moisture the nozzle of your airbrush
2) Airbrush Lifecolors preferably with the brand thinner: Tap water is not good, as paint starts clogging.
3) Thin them hard ... and hard is hard: Better work with transparent coats that will build a solid coat, rather than having to struggle against clogging.

Same applies to several other acrylic brands.


Hope this helps!

 

[swralph]

that helps thanks, excellently painted aircraft. I do a fair few myself

 

[swralph]

we are so naughty

 

[Ferris]

Could you guys at least post some aircraft WITH pilots....?!




Nice build and paint jobs nevertheless.

Sorry Simon, no knowledge of those paints here....

Adrian

 

[Cristian Sartori]

Hi you can find the thinner in this shop
http://www.astromodel.it/lifecolor/accessori.html
I used same of this color, I find they good.
There is a lot of uniforms color kits like WWII Italian uniform o IDF uniform.
here my work not yet finish, the green color is lifecolor

 

[swralph]

hi Adrian most kits these days come without pilots, shame really because they do give a sense of scale. sure there are companies that do produce pilots but that is more cost.