Both are good and both can be used. It all depends on what you wanna do with them..
Hand paint = acrylic + enamel(small parts)
Air brush = lacquer, acrylic also can & enamel.

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No... Buncho paints would not stick on it properly.

For hobby purpose yes...
alternatives can use industrial spray cans which are suitable for plastic like Anchor brand. Spray at your own risk

hand paint or using air brush first?

That is why you are unable to achieve the metalic feel.
Airbrush you can get the effect because of smoothness where as hand painting is difficult with brush strokes

Just the handpiece can cost less than 200 but some china brand type usually


If you're from PJ, then you just need to get the handpiece and paints. There's a place called ICW@aman suria which provides compressor and spray booth FOC.

You can't discourage people by saying that, Hand painting can be very tedious but if you have the patience, end result can be satisfying as well. I know a few who hand paint very well like the HK fella who modded the sazabi into a horse, fully hand painted.

This post has been edited by z3r0717: Mar 15 2013, 09:06 AM

but hand painting is a good practice for all first timers. I started hand painting and sucked at it too and slowly evolved to AB. ahaha

well said well said.

be careful of zippo fluid too, too much may start to "eat" away your base paint(lacquer).

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for enamel paint, alternative is zippo fluid but have to be careful when rubbing enamel paints off with zippo will cause color fade.
As for thinner, it's the only choice. Hobby thinner is the most suitable to mix with hobby paints. It is expensive than industrial thinner but how much do you use it. i bought 1 litle hobby thinner and lasted me like 2-3 years.
Of course when you clean your AB equipment, you use industrial thinner not hobby thinner.
Silver colors, either mr hobby paints or gaia's paint. Both are good enough

1) basic putty to cover sink holes/seam lines(not recommended for huge gaps)
2) polyester putty main purpose is for reshaping your parts not fill in small gaps and yes, it's easy to sand but very bad for health when inhale the "dust" so best wear a mask when sanding
3) epoxy putty is also for reshaping and filling big holes. It's more durable. It is hard to sand when it hardens, that is why usually we sand or shape it when it's "half" dry.

All of this can do reshaping, filling,etc. It's just that see which suits your situation or what you wanna do with it

Resin is for recasting and only recasting AND water effects(look like liquid form) and no it wont melt on the kit with minimal amount.

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No problem for me. try pressing and knocking he door more. haha