Hi NewDesides
Just want to ask if I can mix the wave's pearl powder with MR hobby clear?
Also why did you thin the tamiya clear with mrhobby thinner?
Is it Tamiya acrylic or enamel?

hope you dont mind me asking so much. Just that your model is great any I really want to know how you did it.

hi philipks, before answering your question, i have to tell you that i only use mr.hobby thinner to thin tamiya water base color.  i feel that this is the best combination by far.  mr.hobby's thinner is super strong, it will quickly dissolve water based paint and they mix together very very well.  as a matter of fact, i thin everything with mr.hobby thinner.  i believe a lot of experience modelers would agree on this combination.

so going back to your question, you can for sure mix wave pearl powder into mrhobby thinner, but i would prefer using tamiya clear X22 instead.  since tamiya's paint are water based, it is a lot easier to mix.

the more question the better lah~  that is one of the forum's function mah~

to saturn1984, 多謝您的comment

Thanks!  will give it a try later!

very nice work NewDecides, love the potrait on the leg. Unique~!

anyway, I also try to use Wave pearl powder with Gunze Super Clear. Is the result desireable ???

hey stormv, the gunze super clear you are talking about is the can spray one right? as long as the clear coat is light, it shouldn't be a problem.  your fuel tanks looks real nice, very anodized metallic look

sorry, I didn't make it clear. What I mean is that I mix Super Clear Paint with Wave Pearl Powder. It seems that even it is Super Clear paint but the "covering" power of the pearl is so great it completely change the original color. Do you have such problem ? Or this is consider normal ???

Thanks again for you patience~!!

[ Last edited by stormv on 2006-5-24 at 05:44 PM ]

^ in that case i think you use too much powder.  for me, i roughly used only 1/3 of a pack for one paint bottle size.  if the covering power is too great, i would thin out the super clear paint more and apply a very very light coat.

hope this help