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I needed some Chevrolet 1960-1966 light engine blue. Looked for pictures online and it looks to be a rather wide range of colors. Anyway, thought I'd try mixing some of what I have together. It was Hataka A220 True Blue and Tamiya XF-2 Flat White. So faar, no smoke or flames. I mixed it with my electric paint mixer and it blended up quite nicely. Brushed it on and so far, no warts, cracking or bubbles...seems to have worked. PLeasantly surprised. Of course, by tomorrow, the engine block may look like a blob of sprue-goo!

If they're both acrylics you should be fine. I've mixed enamels with acrylics (both Testors Model Master) with no issues. I've mixed Tamiya with Testors acrylics as well.

Color looks spot on. Whatcha building?

Yep, both acrylics. Adhesion is somewhat iffy. Seems to want to rub off pretty easily, so a clear coat is in its future (no pun intended).

BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 9:42 am I've mixed enamels with acrylics (both Testors Model Master) with no issues. I've mixed Tamiya with Testors acrylics as well.

I've also done some of that mixing the incompatibles before myself. I mixed up some original Testors acrylic formula with some Tamiya acrylics (that was all they had back then) and it worked. Airbrushed just fine and had no problems with. adhesion or durability. But then again, the old Testors acrylics were far superior to the "Acryl" reboot of the formula.

LyleW wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:02 am Yep, both acrylics. Adhesion is somewhat iffy. Seems to want to rub off pretty easily, so a clear coat is in its future (no pun intended).

Oh, that's a nice one!

cbaltrin wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:54 am

BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 9:42 am I've mixed enamels with acrylics (both Testors Model Master) with no issues. I've mixed Tamiya with Testors acrylics as well.

What? It's all about experimenting different paints. You won't know until you try and see how they react....

A '60 Chevrolet pickup was my first ride after getting my license at 14. Dad had a short-bed Chevy 1960 pickup, with a 283 V-8, three on the tree, back then. He usually bought cheap mufflers at a discount store that lasted maybe a month or two before burning through. Then, I had the "loud pipes" on my truck. And with those "Bohemian drag-slicks" (read:mud grip tires), I was all set to go drag racin'! I had a lot of fun in that truck! Good luck with the model.

That sounds like great fun! I hope it goes well. I could use an easy one!