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My local hobby store is currently out of Flat White acrylic paint. I need it to mix with other paint...I do have gloss white. Can you mix flat acrylics with gloss acrylics? Then just use a flat clear coat later? Thanks in advance.

Gotcha. Thanks a bunch!

What does 'solvent" based mean? Does it affect the way you thin the Mr. Hobby paint?

I'm trying to finish my FM Slave I and have questions about tying colors together. First, most of the colors on the FM color sheet are incorrect (this is the second attempt on this model). Second I am color blind and had a friend look at pics of the studio model to help me with the fuselage. The col...

I don't know if this answers your question, but reefer white doesn't come in acrylic form anymore from what I understand but it does come in enamel form. just buy both paints in enamels and mix them.

Good enough...thank you very much.

I'm in the middle of drilling holes for fiber optics. I was using a #81 microbit but I finally broke it. It came in a set with other size drill bits, but I need several #81 drill bits...does anyone out there know a place where I can purchase several of these without buying a whole set of different s...

Thanks for the help JO!

I don't work with enamels that much and used them for the first time on my FMMF. I'm not using the decals and want to paint the markings instead. I have the paint markings in acrylic, so can I paint them directly over the enamel base coat or do I need to put down a layer of Future? Thanks in advance!

I've used this stuff before to take off paint and it works great. I need to remove paint from a model that has been glued together and the seams have been filled with putty. My question is will it mess with the glue or puttty? I was wondering what to expect...

I'm using oils to wash the model with. Will Future and oils blend well together?

I am getting ready to paint my Fine Molds Falcon and am using enamels for the first time. Once I paint the base color with enamel paint I was going to piant the detail instead of using the decals, but I was going to use acrylic paint. I need to gloss coat the model to do my washes...so what type of ...

This is my first time using Mr. Color Acrylics and I was wondering if I could use Tamiya acrylic thinner and has anyone had any problems? The reason I ask is I did in fact thin it with thinner, but it came out watery from my airbrush. Don't know if I messed something up or is there a trick to thinni...

Quick question: If I'm going to use 0.25mm FO, then what size drill bit would I use?

Thanks for your help in advance.