You can mix small amounts of Floquil with Scalecoat I -- I've done
this to get a color shift. I would not mix SC-I with SC-II. And neither
one is remotely like an acrylic paint, definitely do not mix those.
Floquil, SC-I are definitely enamels. Accupaint is the only lacquer
I've ever come across in this hobby -- it never polymerizes. You can
re-dissolve it in its thinner at any time, even after it's been on a
model for 20 years, and spray it again. The acrylics polymerize too,
so I'd call them enamels. (There are latex enamels for that matter!)
I don't know about mixing Tamiya with anything else.

Tim O'Connor

I'm playing around with some color combinations using paints of different types. To get a certain hue I dearly want to overspray a Tamiya lacquer over a Scalecoat undercoat. I know this doesn't work on Scalecoat II because it crazes. I haven't tried Scalecoat I. I'm just learning about advice never to apply lacquers over enamels or acrylics. For example:

http://www.naritafamily.com/howto/paint.htm

Does anyone here know which type (lacquer, enamel or acrylic) are Scalecoat I and Scalecoat II? I know these use lacquer thinner but I'm not sure if that means they are truly lacquers.

Bob Sterner
St. Paul, MN