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There's no such thing as not having enough model paints

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:12 pm
by BlackSheep214
Let's see here....

Testors Model Master acrylics (yellow dots) & enamels (blue dots) - *** pink dots are RLM color Testors Model Master acrylics
Aeromaster
Pollyscale
Floquil Railroad colors
Alclad (no pic)
LifeColor
Tamiya
Gunze/Mr. Color - they're stored with Tamiys paints
Linden Hill
Createx
Testors enamels - small square bottles (blue dots)
Vallejo - not Model Air
Badger colors
AK Interactive real Colors
Humbrol enamels
a couple old Pactra colors

Want proof? :giggles:

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Re: There's no such thing as not having enough model paints

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 9:24 pm
by Stikpusher
I agree with the concept... there is always one more color we need... :headslap:

Re: There's no such thing as not having enough model paints

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:11 pm
by BlackSheep214
Here’s the funny thing.... I’d say about 90% of those Testors enamel paints (the ones with blue dot labels); both Model Master and square bottles are the original bottles of mine going back to the 1990s and still in good condition. I had a couple bottles gone bad or dried up beyond use that I had to replenish those colors.

Re: There's no such thing as not having enough model paints

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 1:18 am
by keavdog
Nice! I was marking my tops for a bit -but I now have the stadium storage (still have some drawers though).
I'm buying modelmaster when I see it. Some of the really nice stuff like their chrome sliver, because yes you can't have enough paints :P1:

Re: There's no such thing as not having enough model paints

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 1:53 am
by speedgraflex
Tom! A wonderful collection!

Re: There's no such thing as not having enough model paints

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:47 am
by tempestjohnny
I'm slowing converting over to lacquer and acrylic. But still have quite a bit of MM some with $1.49 on the price tag. Also my Floquil stash is slowly being used

Re: There's no such thing as not having enough model paints

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:16 am
by BlackSheep214
I hear ya, TJ. I wish Pollyscale and Floquil are still around. I managed to grab a few Pollyscale paints at the last LHS in my area a few years ago. Hesince now retired and closed. No more LHS around here. Sad really...
There is one near my sis-in-law's I've been wanting to go back to. Performance Hobbies in the village of Webster in the Rochester area. Wonderful shop. They even have Alclad lacquers too.

Re: There's no such thing as not having enough model paints

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:35 pm
by Tojo72
Yup, they sure do add up

Re: There's no such thing as not having enough model paints

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 2:28 pm
by Medicman71
I started out with MMA and Tamiya. But I have a lot of others now with more different ones being added all the time.

Re: There's no such thing as not having enough model paints

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:23 pm
by Stikpusher
When I was a school kid, there were two types of paint I could get, Testors and Pactra. Later on I found the Pactra international line. Still later Humbrol, but I had no idea of how to properly use such a paint. Then along came Polly S and Model Master. Next I was introduced to Tamiya. A few years later and more brands of paints came into my world: Gunze and Floquil, Aeromaster and Polly Scale, Xtracolor and Revell. I’ve found a few of other short run or limited brands her and there: AEF, Roco, ProModeler, Color of Eagles, Badger... new companies like AK, Vallejo, and Mission Models have come into my possession. Other new brands such as True North and TruColor beckon from their racks, but I have yet to add yet another line of paints to my line up...