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So I decided to finally get some cheap paints to try and paint some of my kits (although mainly for any new kits I build, since it's almost impossible to get into the crevices of already built models)
I decided to sacrifice a cheap Bf 109 I had botched (one of my first models, used far too much plastic cement and the gear struts are all just melted from it, so it's decent to practice on as I have nothing to lose)
At first I didn't use any thinner because in the pot (Revell enamel) it looked decently thin (I've never painted before, not since nursery/kindergarten at least). It ended up getting kind of clumpy on the bottom, so I decided to use a coke bottle lid to mix in some thinner for the top.
Came out a lot better, although not sure if it's as good as I can get it. I just threw in a couple of drops of thinner and a couple of brushfuls of paint, mixed it and applied. Left about 2-3 minutes between coats (apparently you should leave 4 hours but that seems like horse shit, it's mostly dried after just a few minutes, especially as I have it drying under a desk lamp)
Pic related, do I need a bit more thinner? Taken with my phone camera but the zoom is so high that you can see issues with the paint that aren't really visible in real life.
Ignore the fact it's not even the right shade of colour, I just picked a random one to practice thinning with.
