I did listen again to the podcast this morning and Tamiya was indeed discussed. Probably dozed off last night during that portion? I'm currently trying to find the items that were discussed, in one place. My local hobby shop has Vallejo but not the thinner. They have Tamiya but not the large bottles of X-20. Not sure where a Michael's is to try and find the LiquiTex flow aid; sounds like it may be worth trying here in many times very dry central Texas. Are you familiar with the Gunze 'leveling thinner as would be used with Vallejo/Tamiya?