Hi everybody, I've made a few kits before using Tamiya spray lacquers "TS", and I've always used the same method, but since I'm far from being an expert in modeling and I know there are people on this forum who have incredible skills and knowledge about stuff, I need to ask something.
I've seen on this blog:
http://italianhorses.net/Tutorials/P...aint/paint.htm
by Alex Kustov a tutorial how to paint using Tamiya spray cans. And he recommends this:
- first mist coat
- wait 20 minutes
- second mist coat
- wait 2-3 hours
- spray first wet coat
- wait 1 day
- spray second wet coat
- wait 4-5 days
So as you can see he recommends to wait quite a bit between each layer of paint or coats.
Now as for me I've always done like this:
- I spray as many mist coat as I judge needed to evenly cover the whole body, then I spray a final wet coat, and between each coat I wait 5 minutes. Why ? To let the paint dry a minimun on the surface so the upper coats don't drag the lower coats off the edges of the body.
So I wait way less long than what Alex recommends in his blog, and I read that paint should have time to gas out between coats but I'm not really sure how this works and if this is really accurate for Tamiya spray paint, knowing that I DO NOT USE ANY CLEAR COAT - EVER !
So my wondering is this: should I wait longer between coats or is my method just good enough ? For those who use Tamiya spray paint, how long do you wait between each coat ?
Thank you very much for helping and I hope my post makes sense.
