scvrobeson Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Have you tried MRP (Mr. Paint) before? They do have an International Orange shade, and are ready to spray straight from the bottle. Matt Buster99 and KiwiZac 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) 39 minutes ago, scvrobeson said: Have you tried MRP (Mr. Paint) before? They do have an International Orange shade, and are ready to spray straight from the bottle. Matt Matt. Mrp paint?? Never heard of them...let me take a look. Thanks...Just ordered 2 bottles. Edited January 16, 2022 by shark64 scvrobeson and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 hour ago, shark64 said: Matt. Mrp paint?? Never heard of them...let me take a look. Thanks...Just ordered 2 bottles. Wow Oliver if you have never used MRP you are in for a treat. I used MM enamel for years, but when they stopped putting paints out, I fully switched over to MRP. It's a lacquer carrier with an acrylic particulate, and goes down as smooth as a baby's posterior. Cleans w/Mr color thinner and needs nothing to be added to it for maximum results. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 49 minutes ago, Out2gtcha said: Wow Oliver if you have never used MRP you are in for a treat. I used MM enamel for years, but when they stopped putting paints out, I fully switched over to MRP. It's a lacquer carrier with an acrylic particulate, and goes down as smooth as a baby's posterior. Cleans w/Mr color thinner and needs nothing to be added to it for maximum results. A lacquer carrier with acrylics particulate??/what does that mean? is it oil based? Mr thinner to clean? does it clean with something else...windex??? Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 2 hours ago, shark64 said: A lacquer carrier with acrylics particulate??/what does that mean? is it oil based? Mr thinner to clean? does it clean with something else...windex??? Its considered an "acrylic lacquer". It is technically an acrylic paint, but unlike water based type acrylics, this one is lacquer based and also unlike some acrylics, the lacquer carrier gives the paint an great "bite" into the plastic, so you get a great bond to the material like enamels. MRP is the same type base as Mr Color paint. The disadvantage of it is that its around $7 or more a bottle, but it goes a lot longer than one would think if the base color is right. Initially when I started out with MRP, I did NOT like the fact that it was pre-thinned..................now after literally years of using MRP I have found that is one thing I LOVE! No more mixing, no more guessing about thinning ratios, just perfectly thin paint that is always thinned the same way each and every time. However, because it is actually an acrylic the drying time is just a few minutes to the touch, and fully dry and able to mask in a few hours or less. I hate to oversell things, but this paint is bloody marvelous! Its perfectly thin, sprays like a dream, and lays down in a rock hard semi-gloss finish with the exception of their flat colors. Cleans up with Mr thinner, but does not need thinner mixed in to be AB ready as its spray ready right out of the bottle . They now have a HUGE lineup of paint, and are jumping into many different specialty areas as well. BTW, their line of flat, semi-gloss and gloss clears are wonderful as well. rafju, Kagemusha, Pete Fleischmann and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 You can MRP clean with cheap lacquer thinner too Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 On 1/10/2022 at 12:04 AM, shark64 said: ..this is just not possible... my senses tell me it's real, but it is just not possible there are none better Oliver, it is as simple as that Anthony in NZ, nairolf, Rockie Yarwood and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 On 1/19/2022 at 1:50 PM, airscale said: ..this is just not possible... my senses tell me it's real, but it is just not possible there are none better Oliver, it is as simple as that Thanks Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) Since I am doing an engine change diorama I found a US truck in 1/32 since 1/35 was noticeably smaller with the helicopter. The truck is a 1960?70 kit from RENWALL. I have never done any armor work before so Its time to go to the modeling books and learn how to paint armor. Edited January 23, 2022 by shark64 LSP_Kevin, scvrobeson, Landrotten Highlander and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) Thanks to Matt helping me finding the right Orange for this helicopter. Orange is tricky to apply since i have never done anything this large and shading is different from using brown, black, black green or Burn Umber so I need to find the right complimentary color to orange, So a color study is needed. Will let this dry for a few hours before I apply the International Orange. Edited January 23, 2022 by shark64 Buster99, patricksparks, LSP_Kevin and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 First coat of International orange. looks like the second test combination from the left might be the winner. Buster99, Out2gtcha, Pete Fleischmann and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Happy to see that it appears to be working out well for you. I forget, is the whole helo going to be orange, or just certain panels? Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 1 hour ago, scvrobeson said: Happy to see that it appears to be working out well for you. I forget, is the whole helo going to be orange, or just certain panels? Matt all orange rafju and scvrobeson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 The overall orange helicopters from back in the day were always my favorites, but best I remember, that paint job didn’t hold up well and started showing its age almost immediately. Can’t wait to see what you do with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 My goodness, words still fail me on the Epic-ness of what you are doing.....you are one of the grand masters of our hobby! Everything looks just perfect. Will this be an Antarctic VX-6 machine? Cheers Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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