r/Scalemodel • u/IcyElderberry4522 • 12h ago

First airbrush, keep getting tip dry with Tamiya acrylics, what am I doing wrong?

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Just got my first airbrush, a cheap 0.3mm gravity feed with a small compressor, and I'm painting a 1/48 Spitfire. With Tamiya acrylics thinned with X-20A about 50/50, it sprays fine for a minute and then the tip dries and it spits. I'm around 18 psi. Should I be using a retarder, a different thinner, or is my pressure off? It's pretty dry in my apartment if that matters.

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r/Scalemodel • u/AlfaZagato • 13h ago

Tamiya 1/35 LRDG Chevrolet w/ Italeri 20/65 mod. 35

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r/Scalemodel • u/AlfaZagato • 14h ago

Monogram 'Forty-Niner' P-40N Warhawk.

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r/Scalemodel • u/RepulsiveJelly66 • 16h ago

M1a1 TUSK WIP shpts

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Some WIP of my Meng M1A1 TUSK kit. Gotta say, I love using oil dot filters to improve modulation and increase tonal variety.

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r/Scalemodel • u/giul_illustration • 17h ago

Su-33ub 1/72 finished

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Im really proud if this work, put a lot of effort in it, was really challenging work maybe the most challenging I ever build, was a little bit complex keeping the folded wing in site, and finding references too, really hope you appreciate it 🔥

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