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Ok well i'll keep playing with the mix. Would the needle size have anything to do with it? Would putting a .5mm needle in it help?

Ya I am guessing since it is X-2 White. Ya it just seems any type of flat white is hard to deal with. I reached similar results with Model Master Acrylic's white too.

Hey all I just got a jar of Tamiya acrylic white and I thinned it about 50/50 with rubbing alcohol. I have noticed that the coverage is very spotty and I tried to turn the psi up to about 25 and it covered a little better but was still spotty. What can I do to help with this? I only have this proble...

I have the TC 20T from tcpglobal.com and it works very well in psi range up to 40 or so psi. It is a tankless oil free compressor with 1/6 hp and the nice thing about it is that it does not sputter. I haven't had any problems with it using a Iwata Hp-cs airbrush or my master airbrushes. The only neg...

Do you thin it with rubbing alcohol as he suggests? Or will it be fine airbrushing from a gravity feed? I also have a siphon internal mix brush would it be better to use that if I don't thin it?

I love building all models from space ships to sports cars. I recently purchased a 1:12 scale of the Ford Shelby GT500 (absolutely sweet kit). Anyways point is the model is large and it makes flaws more obvious. One major flaw is the gloss coat. I used a flat blue as the base coat and I have tried b...