Airbrush or Spray Can for Vader Lid?

dinkyfish · **Joined:** Fri May 25, 2012 11:50 am **Posts:** 35

Prepping a Rubies Vader lid for painting. I was planning on either using Tamiya Enamels through an Airbrush, or Enamel Spray cans. My latest thoughts are to spray the dome with a spray can, to get more even coverage, then use the airbrush for the face for more control.

I'm going for a ESB look.
Any advice?

clancampbell · **Joined:** Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:52 pm **Posts:** 175

Personally, i'd go with rattle cans.

Rich

dcarty · **Posted:** Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:15 pm

I've always used rattle cans -- advice that I got from darthjones. Go to Pep Boys or whatever your local auto parts store is and get two cans of gloss universal black and you'll be fine.

dinkyfish · **Joined:** Fri May 25, 2012 11:50 am **Posts:** 35

thanks guys, I was leaning towards a spray can for the dome, should I use enamels, or lacquer paints?

dcarty · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:45 am

I use lacquers myself. They can be a little trickier than standard enamels but I like the way the paint evens out when it cures. They also STINK and stink for a long time but I like the results I get.

dinkyfish · **Joined:** Fri May 25, 2012 11:50 am **Posts:** 35

I've seen a can marked as "Acrylic Lacquer" in an auto shop. Is this the same as Lacquer?

dcarty · **Posted:** Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:55 am

That's the stuff