I have been moving from Tamiya to AK paints due to AK’s larger range of colors. I recently painted an F4F Wildcat with AK’s version of Blue Gray and am not thrilled with the color. The paint itself is great, I just feel like the shade is too light and too blue. I have some AK Air bottles of darker grays and I think mixing in a bit of one of those will get me to a color I can live with. So, my question is, rather than just lose the two jars of the paint, can I mix AK real colors with AK Air successfully?
Any help is appreciated. Thank you, and happy New Year to all!
I don’t think so. AK Real Colors is a lacquer and AK Air is a water based acrylic. The Real Color will curdle the Air when mixed. Better to find a grey in the Real Colors line and mix that in to the blue.
Happy New Year!
Very good news. Does anyone know if Tamiya mixed into AK Real Color will cause it to degrade over time? I want to mix a fairly large batch so I can use it again on more than one model.