Reddit reviews TAMIYA Panel Line Accent Color 3-colors(Black,Brown,Gray) Set [Japan Import]

Assuming you will start with panel lining on bare plastic first.

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• For beginners, a fine point Gundam Marker is the best to start. Any mistakes made with this can be cleaned up with nothing but q-tip...or even your thumbs. All though, it will not looks as crisp and consistent as other solutions.
  
  
  
• Option 2 is Pour type Gundam Marker. Unlike the fine point, the ink in these pens will is much thinner. It will runs a long the panel line result in very crisp and clean panel lines. Its only minor problem is you need to wait for it to dry (at least 10 mins to be safe) before cleaning up excess with rubbing alcohol and at least over an hour before top coating.
  
  
• Option 3 is Tamiya Panel Line Accent. They work very similar to pour type but has different mixture. It comes pre-thinned so you don't need to do anything to do. The cap is double as a small brush that you will use to apply. I personally use this (and swear by it) and clean up excess with very little enamel thinner. It is the best of all IMO.
  
  
  Here comes the controversial part, people say that the Acent will eat through your plastic and make it brittle - which is not wrong but not always right. Yes, it will ruin the plastics if you shower them in the accent and enamel. All you need is a little touch and the ink runs. To clean up, damp a cotton swap with enamel thinner and rub right off. Very easy. Very little headache.
  
  
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  There are other self-thin solutions that some people use, but I find the options above the be the most efficient ones.

I have been looking into panel lining lately as I want to move from strait assembly into lining and matte coating.
The general thought seems to be that if you are working with unpainted plastic you can just panel line on the plastic as it is already relatively smooth and gloss.

The reason for gloss coating before panel lining a painted kit is two fold.
First it protects your paint job you just finished.
Then possibly more importantly, thinned washes don't flow over matte finish paints well, so if you are lining with a thin wash you're going to go nowhere very slowly.
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A Matte look is achieved by having a rougher surface, all those tiny little scratches/particles absorb the light causing it to look matte.
A Gloss look is achieved by having a smoother surface with much finer scratches creating the mirror like effect by reflecting it away from the surface rather then into the crevices of the surface.

Think of it like pouring muddy water on a piece of glass vs lets say cement.
It will flow right down the glass and wipe off easily but it will get stuck on the ridges and even after you wipe it clean there will still be mud stuck in the little grooves where you don't want it.

That is a very simple way of explaining it, might not be the best either.
Still, it should demonstrate well enough.
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For panel lining you can do either acrylic or enamel.
It is suggested to not use lacquer for panel lining as it will not work well on top of anything except lacquer and can eat into plastic causing it to break if you use to much, it does however make a fantastic primer because of its strength.
Enamel paints can do this as well but not unless you use way to much.

The general rule of thumb for mixing paint types is this.
Lacquer can paint over other Lacquer paints but will eat into enamel and acrylic paints.
Enamel can paint over Lacquer and other Enamels just fine but can cause problems with some acrylics so you should test the combination before hand.
Acrylics can paint over anything.


https://www.amazon.com/TAMIYA-Panel-Accent-Color-3-colors/dp/B00M58FWVC
I settled on these myself, as it is already thinned to the correct amount for panel lining and comes with a small brush attached to the lid.
It's an enamel so if I want to weather over it with acrylics it will not be cleaned away with acrylic thinner.
The only downside is that being an enamel it can cause your plastic to break if you go heavy with it.

I prefer Tamiya panel wash to markers. you can get a much cleaner line.

http://amzn.com/B00M58FWVC

The caution it that if you are not painting your kit, gloss coat and THEN panel line with this stuff (clean up with a drop of lighter fluid on a q-tip), because the solvent in the wash can eat away at the bare plastic and make it brittle.

so Gloss> panel line/decal> Top coat of your choice.

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Tamiya Accent Panel Wash comes in Brown. The link is for the set but you can get it individually.

I would use a brown or sepia panel wash on the Trans-Am.

It's what we use at my house, it's subtle but still defines everything really well

link

http://www.amazon.com/TAMIYA-Panel-Accent-Color-3-colors/dp/B00M58FWVC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459450686&sr=8-1&keywords=tamiya+wash

Anyone have experience with Tamiya Panel Line Accent? I've been using it to do panel washes on my most recent kits, but I'm actually less satisfied with it than just using Gundam markers. It usually flows pretty well, but I'm having a lot of trouble removing the excess. I'm using a cotton bud dipped in lighter fluid, but it often seems to remove too much, which results in me having to reapply the wash, which you really don't want to have to do with enamels. Any other panel washing tips are appreciated.

Here is the product I'm referring to: http://www.amazon.com/TAMIYA-Panel-Accent-Color-3-colors/dp/B00M58FWVC

Canadian here also.
I bought mine from Amazon.com Panel Line Accent Color 3 Pack
Only took about 6 business days to deliver to my door, and the paint well within date. Though packaging was a little questionable, with the 3-pack glass bottles being shipped in just a single layer bubble wrap envelope. @.@

I also checked my local hobby store (Hobby Wholesale) and they actually started stocking it when when I went there a few days ago, but they sell it individually ($9 each)