Hacker Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Sad to hear as l like their products and cut my modeling teeth on it 30 years ago. Hopefully someone will pick it up but by the sounds of it that may not be possible Hacker...sad about this Rick Griewski, Lothar, Out2gtcha and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalashnikov-47 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 That's a total bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Well that stinks. I assume that would include the Model Master line as well. That's a total bummer. Although I dont use enamels like I used to, I still found they had value. Really sad to hear this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 That's a shame as several of their paints are on my favourites list, especially for French and VVS subjects, mind you I did stock up on them a while ago when they became scarce in the UK. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 I hope someone picks up the line... it's a definite hobby icon and the diversity of products they offered extend well beyond paint itself. I gotta make it a point to go out and grab all the tiny bottles of Testers zinc chromatic I can get my hands on... not only is it a great color for untinted zinc, it's a great start to make interior green for US aircraft but also some Japanese interior colors too. That and I despise most acrylics. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 FAKE NEWS! Rust-Oleum has NO intention of discontinuing the Testors product line. (At least, that’s what I read on my Facebook wall ) KUROK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanG Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 @Hacker where did you get this info from? Just so i/we can judge if this is real or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Texan Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 What in the Wild Wild World of Sports is a going on here, as they say in Blazing Saddles!!! First, it was Hobbico going belly up and all the Monogram/Revell molds going to Germany for most part. In that, Italeri and Hasegawa distributorships for the U.S. also was lost, and I haven't heard if anyone picked them up. Then, Testors is bought out by Rust-o-leum, and they start to diminish colors, and now they are no longer going to make model master paints! This just sucks!!!! Is everything in, or about, our hobby going overseas???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Floquil military colors bought up then disappear, Floquil railroad colors bought up then disappear, now all of the Testors stuff too? How depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Over the last two years, Testors first stated that they were discontinuing certain colors, then rapidly discontinued everything in stages. Model Master paints have all but disappeared from hobby shops, and they are getting harder to find online as well. Fortunately, we have an up-and-coming replacement for Model Master enamel paint in True North: https://www.truenorthpaints.com/paintseries In order for them to continue to expand their color lines, we modelers have to support them. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Texan Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Saw on Facebook from some reliable folks, that the Testor's letter is FAKE NEWS. Testor's is not being discontinued. KUROK and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanG Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 1 minute ago, Big Texan said: Saw on Facebook from some reliable folks, that the Testor's letter is FAKE NEWS. Testor's is not being discontinued. Saw the same hence why i asked for the source Big Texan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Well that really sucks. I guess I better load up because Testors MM is pretty much all I use. KUROK and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 I still have a lot of MM enamels. Recently I retired several bottles that had gone bad but they were about 35 years old. Recently I learned how to airbrush the MM acryl paints and I really like the results. Hope this is fake news... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 So where DID that letter come from then? Strange, I see no gain for anyone wanting to disseminate fake info like that. I hope it is fake though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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