Tamiya Clear Colours

[pepperman42]

I have used these colours for small detail work but I have never used them on larger surfaces. I notice some use the clear orange as an over coat on the natural wood surfaces. How do you apply it? If by airbrush what do you thin it with?

Steve

[drdave]

Its fine straight but dusted on gives a matt finish. I add a bit of cellulose thinner ( alcohol) and I tried isopropyl and it worked fine. I clean the brush with Cellulose thinners after. Its good stuff. Gunze is the same. Try red/yellow to your own mix. The blue is stunning over alclad for cowlings, red too. Real depth.

[lcarroll]

Steve,
    I use the Clear Yellow and Orange a lot, gives a great "tone" to wood grain surfaces and the orange really does a great job on props, both hand carved/stained and the kit supplied ones. I use the Tamiya X20A Thinner.
Cheers,
Lance

[gcn]

I use all the clear colours dependant upon what hue I'm trying to achieve. I will also mix the colours together if needed ( wood is normally 3parts orange to 1 part yellow) and thin with either the tamiya thinners, gunze thinners or cellulose thinner I also add a couple of drops of tamiya clear to gloss it up.

I have added a couple of drops to Future before and brush painted it when I couldn't be bothered to fire up the AB.

[GAJouette]

  Steve,
I've done like most who have replied to your question. I  thin with the Tamiya thinner to a thin mixture of paint to thinner and airbrush in light coats.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[Chris Johnson]

I brush mine on exclusively Steve, and as Lance wrote, I also thin it a bit with Tamiya's thinner. I just plunk a brush load into my palette and add thinner with my brush until it looks and feels right. Very, very scientific approach, eh? 

As with all Tamiya paints though, once you lay it down, don't go over it with the brush again. Wait until it's dry and add a second coat if necessary.

Cheers,

Chris

[lcarroll]

Forgot to mention, Steve, that I too thin it down (same informed, totally scientific and quality controlled method as Chris) and use a brush.
Cheers,
Lance

[Rob Hart]

The Vallejo colored clears are nice also. They brush superbly and dry matte/flat.

[LindsayT]

Question: do those of you that apply clear as described above use it like a filter? Or is it just too opaque to give a subtle blending of colours like a filter is supposed to do?

Thanks,

Lindsay

[pepperman42]

  Lindsay,
               I think it is like a filter depending how much you build it up over the underlying paint. Thats really part of my question too.One more thinner question cellulose=laquer thinner? I always get those crossed up. Also, spraying will result in a flat finish unless gloss is added? I may pick up some Tamiya thinner although I use isopro99% to thin all my other Tam acrils. Does Tamiya thinners have an extra retarding quality?

Steve