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Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Counter Notes Three Primer Myths Beginners Get Told (And What's Actually True) Weekly column · Lessons from the paint counter at WWH · April 2026 Welcome to the first entry in our new weekly column. Every week, we are going to take three things beginner painters get told as gospel (usually by other well-meaning beginners, sometimes by older guides, sometimes by the loudest voice in a forum thread) and unpack what is actually true. The goal is …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Scale Modelling Guide How to Thin Tamiya Paints: A Canadian Modeller's Guide Acrylics, lacquers, and enamels · Updated for 2026 Canadian regulatory changes · Updated April 2026 Most online guides to thinning Tamiya paints will give you exact ratios and exact PSI numbers. We are not going to do that, because those numbers are wrong — or at least, they are not consistently right. Paint behavior varies by colour, by pigment, by bottle age, …