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Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Counter Notes Paint Compatibility: What You Can Actually Layer Over What Weekly column · Lessons from the paint counter at WWH · May 2026 One of the most persistent pieces of misinformation we hear at the counter goes roughly like this: "You can't put lacquer over enamel" or "you have to stick to one paint type or everything lifts." People have binned half-finished models over this. It deserves a direct answer. The more accurate framing is th …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Paint Types for Scale Modelling: Acrylic, Lacquer & Enamel Compared From a Toronto hobby retailer since 1986 · What the labels actually mean · Updated May 2026 There is a conversation we have at our counter several times a week, and it goes something like this: a customer tells us they use acrylic paints, picks up a bottle of Tamiya, and is surprised when we explain that you can thin it with lacquer thinner. "But it's an a …