🎨 Painting with AK 3rd Gen acrylics 🛫 MIG-27 from Trumpeter 💥 Are these paints any good?

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What’s up my beloved human beings! It’s been a tough time to build this Trumpeter’s MIG-27 Flogger D in a 1/48th scale. The model has a lot of fitting and accuracy issues and I really wanted to smash this thing against the wall. Luckily I managed to somehow finish the main assembly and the bird is ready for painting. It will be also a very important part because I’m going to use AK’s 3rd gen acrylics for the first time in a full-scale painting. The first impression was positive so… let’s check how these paints work on the model!

[@Dancing-Brush]

nice painting, hard to wait next episode! well done!

[@SniperEye]

Very interesting video. Next week I will receive my order of AK 3rd paintings for my C-130J-30 of Zvezda. I like the colors of AK and hope they will work fine with my airbrush.

[@kubabaczek876]

nice video I realy enjoyed it

[@lesthiele4921]

The Mig 27, is looking very good sir, you must be very happy with the result so far, best regards from Australia.

[@scalemodellerbyaccident8671]

Thank you, sir :) Yes, I am happy at this stage, it looked really bad before :) Best regards from Kraków, Poland!

[@lmmodellismomilitare]

Hi and so interesting video. Thnak you for sharing. The work Is so nice. What do you think about Vallejo and Ak? What do you prefer After the try? Thank you and Sorry for english, I am a modeler too. An italian modeler. I try differents Ak colors

[@scalemodellerbyaccident8671]

Thanks for your warm words. Well, I've painted maybe 6-7 Vallejo colors so far with a brush and an airbrush so I haven't much experience. Nevertheless, many guys use them, expecially for brush painting. Just look on youtube videos :) It means they must be satisfied. What's good with Vallejos is a very vast range of colours dedicated for armor models, figures, warhammer miniatures etc. For aircraft models... I would be cautious :) Good luck!

[@steveej1558]

I recently just went "all in" with a purchase of an AK 3G set, several singles, and thinner. It has not gone well. Using AK 3G thinner (AK11500) seemed very much like my experience when accidentally thinning water-base acrylic with enamel/solvent paint thinner - didn't mix, clogs/glumps in cup, splatters and "spits worms". Tried it with multiple 3G paints with same result. I had acceptable results when I tried Vallejo thinner and also with a alcohol/water home-brew that works well with Vallejo and Testors MM...but still lot of tip drying/clogging. Added a drop of flow improver with moderately better results. You had good success with AK11500?

[@scalemodellerbyaccident8671]

Hi Steve :) I'm sorry about your bad experience. Well, it's very personal how you perceive various stuff. I struggled to get used to thinning them down, cleaning an airbrush, and lacking this perfect control of spraying as you have with lacquers. The time will show if they're good enough. In my opinion, the AK11500 is optimal for them. The thinning ratio should be at least 70% of the thinner but even 80% is comparable with the 1:1 ratio for Tamiya XFs to Mr. Hobbies H series. I also tried to mix them directly in an airbrush's cup with a brush or a backblast and it's a very bad idea - these paints are very thick so they wrap around the needle worsening the mixture flow significantly.

[@Poopster4U]

After using Tamiya and Valejo paints, it's hard to adjust to this AK stuff.

[@pierreeduardoalzamoratasso9811]

Hi Sir, best wishes ! So, does these paints behave like Mr Color ? Thanks !

[@scalemodellerbyaccident8671]

Hello Sir :) Mostly, they act similarly. You have to thin them down much more, you can paint them with a brush (for larger surfaces add a little tap water). Also, do not mix them with the thinner into an airbrush cup, because they stick to the needle cogginng the nozzle.

[@pierreeduardoalzamoratasso9811]

Ok, thanks a lot for the quick answer. Best wishes !

[@MVeminor7]

Hi, I really like the camo colors you chose. They will look great with the weathering!

[@scalemodellerbyaccident8671]

Thanks, I wanted to try these paints with some heavy-duty painting scheme. The weathering is almost done, I have to assemble the whole model.