Are Badger Paints ready to airbrush – i.e. no thinning?
Does anyone know of anyplace online that sells them? Preferably a place with reasonable shipping charges…
Thanks
Todd
Todd,
Badger Modelflex paints are indeed ready to airbrush, and their bottles fit the Badger airbrush jar adapters perfectly, so you don’t even have to mess with cleaning out a glass bottle afterwards. Just paint and close up the bottle (after cleaning the inside of the lid and the lip of the bottle, and presumably the airbrush as well).
As for online sales, I’d recommend Cherry Creek Hobbies.
Good luck, and have fun!
Robert Beaty,
The Laughing Hippie
I’m a huge fan of Badger Modelflex paint. I build model 1/24 scale cars as well and thats all I ever use.
I’ve been pretty happy with them as well. They have a wide range of colors. I believe they sell some railroad packs that have a set of 6 or 7 basic colors in them. A lot of the online hobby shops like caboosehobbies.com and 1stplacehobbies.com carry them.
Can’t say that it’s the only paint I use, but I do like it. There is a great selection of colors…And the ease of it all with no mixing and fitting right on my brushes is really great.
In reguard to “no mixing”, I do have to admit that use there extender (just a few drops in the bottle) giving even a better finish and keeping the airbrush cleaner too.
Sorry, I have no input reguarding on-line, as I get mine at the LHS…Even though it is 80 miles away.
What is this extender?
Also is this paint water soluable or is it Petrol based?
Well…It’s Badger 16-600 Extender, but I’m not 100% sure what it really is. One thing for sure, it does not smell of alcohol. I would have to read the bottle to actually see, but it does as the name expresses by extending the dry time. More drops = More dry time.
One thing I’ve discovered about acrylic is how fast it dries…Sometimes right out of the brush on the way to the surface being painted. Most often this isn’t a problem, but once in a while the “orange peal” affect would happen.
What I have had trouble with more often is that the paint dries and builds up on the needle inside the airbrush. Doesn’t seem to make much difference what the air pressure is…When I’m doing a “production run”, 8, 10, 12, 15 cars or car parts all painted at a time, I would have this trouble when using an acrylic paint.
Lee, (sorry, I can’t remember if that’s a first or last name) a rep. from Badger suggested I give the extender a try. He had said that he most often used it himself and, wouldn’t be with out it in his supplies. I gave it a try and have to say I’m very happy with how it works. No more “orange peal”, ever! Yes, the needle will still get some build up on it, but nothing close to the problem I had before.
As for being water base. YES! And if need be it can be thinned with a bit of clean water. I have even resurrected a VERY old, thick bottle of Amtrak Blue paint (doing a run of Meininger Brewing reefers) with water to get it back to the proper consistency. It was an experment, but it worked!
But, do keep in mind, as stated in other posts…It needs not be thinned and gives great results straight from the bottle.
http://www.wholesaletrains.com/Search2.asp?Search=badger&scale=%25&offset=25
Wholesale Trains-$2.65/bottle.