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Enamel over acrylic?
heavyjagdpanzer
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Posted: Sunday, November 16, 2014 - 06:56 AM UTC
I have been painting a Hasegawa Ki-44. The interior was painted with testers enamel paint. The outside was done with Tamiya acrylics. Now I need to paint the wheel wells which had been over painted with acrylics. Can I spray the wheel wells with Testers enamel over the acrylic without an adverse effect? I found out Testers does not make that color (interior green FS 34151) in acrylics.
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Posted: Sunday, November 16, 2014 - 07:14 AM UTC
Model Master does make Interior Green FS 34151 in acrylics.

Model Master Acryl No: 4736 (Interior Green)

Cheers,
Joe
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Posted: Sunday, November 16, 2014 - 09:45 AM UTC
There's a paint conversion chart on the Internet , it's crossing just about every paint . I think it's the ultimate paint conversion or something like that . One benefit of putting enamel over acrylic is you can clean up the enamel with paint thinner and not take off the acrylic .
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Posted: Sunday, November 16, 2014 - 03:54 PM UTC

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Model Master does make Interior Green FS 34151 in acrylics.

Model Master Acryl No: 4736 (Interior Green)

Cheers,
Joe

Joe
You are right,I only checked Squadron and they did not stock it. I can order it, but I do not know if any one local has it.
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Posted: Sunday, November 16, 2014 - 03:57 PM UTC

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There's a paint conversion chart on the Internet , it's crossing just about every paint . I think it's the ultimate paint conversion or something like that . One benefit of putting enamel over acrylic is you can clean up the enamel with paint thinner and not take off the acrylic .

So, there will not be any ill effects if I spray the Model master over the acrylics? I can get the color in Testers acrylic but I have the enamel on hand.
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Posted: Sunday, November 16, 2014 - 09:19 PM UTC
In short, you can pretty much spray any paint over any other paint. Just make sure it has cured. You could always mix your own color. I was an avid buyer of pre-mixed colors, for a few years. Result: I have nearly the entire MM line. I now mix my own, using Tamiya acryls or MM acrylic.
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Posted: Monday, November 17, 2014 - 02:55 AM UTC
Well did it work out ?
heavyjagdpanzer
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Posted: Monday, November 17, 2014 - 07:12 PM UTC

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Well did it work out ?

I haven’t painted the wheel wells yet. Tonight I will start to mask off the leading edges of the wing and paint the yellow ID stripes, and then I will do the wheel wells. I am going to try the enamel. Here is the link to my build blog. http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/forums/226457&page=1
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Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 06:07 AM UTC
Change of plans, I painted the wheel wells last night with enamel, and it came out fine. I am almost done painting this thing!
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Posted: Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 01:50 AM UTC
Painting tires and rims is a good example of what you asked about .paint the tire in acrylic and the rim with enamel , if you are good with an airbrush you can just clean off the over spray with a brush moistened with enamel thinner .
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