MRP paint recommendations for ships?

[seiran01]

Can anyone recommend good Mr Paint (lacquer colors only, not acrylic) to use for ships?

 

I have the Hasegawa USS Gambier Bay on the way along with the Tamiya Mogami seaplane cruiser and USS New York (LPD-21 not the battleship) & the Independence LCS trimaran.  The Gambier Bay camo colors are intriguing to me, I see there are two Mr Color paint sets that would be great but they're sold out everywhere save for a massively overpriced set on ebay.

 

I'm not worried about the colors below the waterline of these ships, only what's visible above the waterline.

 

Thanks for any help with this!

Mike

[Paul2660]

Have you checked for the individual colors on spruebrothers?  They received a huge shipment about 1 week ago.  Filled several back orders I had for various aircraft. 

 

www.hobbyworld-usa.com may have them, but I would call him first.  

 

Paul C 

Edited June 5, 2020 by Paul2660

[D Bellis]

If enamels are ok by you, try True North paints:

https://www.truenorthpaints.com/paintstore

 

They specialize in ship colors, but also make fantastic aircraft colors.

 

HTH,

D

[Phantom2]

MRP have not made any spcific ship-colors yet.

 

But you can try Soverign Models Colorcoates (former White Ensign Colorcoates), they are enamels, but very high quality and the range is vast.

 

https://www.sovereignhobbies.co.uk/collections/colourcoats-sea

 

Cheers! 

 

Stefan 

[seiran01]

Thanks guys. I’m aware of the Sovereign line but I really dislike painting with enamels. I’ll see what I can sort out for paint mixes with existing colors.

 

cheers