Anyone here knows where to buy gunze sangyo aqueous water based acrylic in KL area? I went to XL shop Times Square they don't have it

If you guys don't mind the branding, can try Humbrol enamel paint. It's rm6 a bottle. I got it from Hobby HQ City Square. They have a lot of colors to choose from.

yeah KL nearby Ampang Park. Normally i took lrt to Ampang Park and walk across to City Square. Humbrol have their own thinner but i use zippo lighter fluid as thinner.

Nope it wont melt plastic.

I have used enamel on ABS and also PS and it doesn't make the plastic become brittle. I have googled around and found that ABS dissolves in acetone/toluene which one of the main component in hardware lacquer thinner. Unless you are using hardware lacquer thinner to thin enamel paint, for sure the plastic will melt. I think the thinner purposely made for hobby usage won't melt plastic kits. I have used mr.color thinner to strip off my screwed up paint and it doesn't melt the plastic at all.

If you want your paint dry faster you can use humbrol's own thinner or zippo fluid. If your want it dry slower, you can thin it with turpentine or spirit but your paint will be more forgiving thus less brush strokes when it dries. Also i'd recommend to thin instead of using directly out of the bottle so that the paint can have more time to self-level before it dries. (again lesser brush strokes and also more time to fix errors)

I never broke anything b4 while AB-ing with thinner based paint especially when my thinner to paint ratio is 3:1. Seeing all you guys reported such problem, then i rest my case

For those who can't afford a compressor for airbrush, you guys might want to try this

aquarium pump

I'm basically using hiblow40 + 0.3mm sparmax AB with the valve removed. I don't know how much is a linear air pump like the hiblow40. I took mine from my father

I think he meant this

http://www.alwayshobbies.com/UserData/root...es/000472_0.jpg

http://www.instructables.com/id/Airbrush/

anyone want to try to DIY an airbrush? Air source blow using mouth maybe