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KitKan
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Posted: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 - 10:59 AM UTC
I am somewhat new to this hobby, so please forgive my ignorance.

Is it just me or is white paint a tiny bit hard to apply via airbrush?

I am currently using the MrColor Super White) 156. Is there a paint with similar colour to this product, but that are a little easier to spray.
Tojo72
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Posted: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 - 03:46 PM UTC
I have had good success spraying Model Master Enamels when using white.

I also use Tamiya White primer in the rattle can 1st
KitKan
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Posted: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 - 04:10 PM UTC
Hmm, tyvm for your advice, I will give this a try tonight and see how it goes......
drabslab
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Posted: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 - 05:38 PM UTC
More generally, there are a number of colors that are "difficult". White is one of them, also because some white paints are yellowing over time, another one is yellow.

For those colors, always prime first with light gray primer. If not, you risk that any difference in color of the plastic (e.g; Caused by some black overspray from airbrushing the cockpit, or green from places where you needed putty ...) will shine through and this is almost impossible to solve.

In all cases, priming is recommended. It gives a smooth equally toned base coat and allows for finding errors in the surface that you need to solve before putting on the final coat

Have fun
JClapp
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Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2016 - 11:46 AM UTC
It is not difficult, but it takes time and patience. you can not get complete cover with one application. you have to put just a thin coat, let it dry , then another, and another. let each coat dry completely before adding more paint. it can take five coats or more, over several hours to get a good white finish.
Joel_W
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Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2016 - 09:27 PM UTC
Kittichan,
The trick is to use a light gray/white primer coat. Then apply the color in light coats building up the color to what you want. If you're doing a gloss white, I'd still go with a matt white 1st, then a final coat of gloss white. This way you'll actually end up with less coats.
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KitKan
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Posted: Saturday, December 10, 2016 - 02:25 AM UTC
Thank you for all your kind advice : )

I have followed them and have found my white painted items to be much less time consuming, and generally much better finished!
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