Squizzy 78 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 I’ve always struggled with good realistic looking metals. But now I’ve found the AK xtreme metal, it’s pre thinned, shake it up, drop it in the airbrush and let paint fly! I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 16 hours ago, mozart said: MRP RLM 66, not black but so useful when a scale black or dark grey etc is required, used some only yesterday on my Hunter T7 cockpit. The very good scale black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Mr. Surfacer grey primers; 1200, 1000 and 500. These are still the best and forgiving self leveling primers. I also mix the 500 with the grey Tamiya putty. I also agree about the Gunze thinner. Lothar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircare84 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) My Xtracolor paints. Colors are accurate, easy to apply. My go to paints for 3/4 decades now. Have recently been using MRP about half as much as Xtracolor. Edited October 4, 2020 by aircare84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 5 hours ago, aircare84 said: My Xtracolor paints. Colors are accurate, easy to apply. My go to paints for 3/4 decades now. Have recently been using MRP about half as much as Xtracolor. I never ever have been able to get on with Xtracolor paints, most annoying because they (used to?) do an excellent trainer yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I've had a bottle of Floquil Military RLM 70 and one of RLM 71 I bot in the late '90s (never could find any 65) that I just cracked open for the first time to use on my 109D. The 70 looks OK but the 71 looks like it's gone a little brown so I mixed some MRP blue and a teensy bit o' yellow. Have a little Floquil Platinum Mist that I used to use for NMF (better stuff available now), Reefer White and a barely used bottle of SNJ powder (that stuff goes a looooong way). A few bottles of Polly S, the first water based paint I used. They had some nice military colors too. Everything else is still easy to find and quite satisfactory with regard to quality and color variety. Got me goin' waay back Rato ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basta Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Another vote for Mr Color leveling thinner, not valuable as such but for what it does. Next would be a truly convincing metallic, if I could find one I'm happy with. Envious of you Floquil hoarders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I love the White Ensign Colorcoates, nowadays called Soverign Hobbies Colorcoates(?). Nice, correct colors, enormous range, easy to use and gives a fantastic result every time. But, they are extremely hard to get here in Sweden as importing enamel paints are almost impossible now. They don´t allow shipping on flights anymore and there´s no importer here in Sweden. MRP have been my to-go-to paints today as a replacement, the range is quickly growing, paint is fantasic and easy to use. Cheers! Stefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett M Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) The one bottle of Floquil Reefer White I have remaining.....I look, but never touch it these days Edited October 4, 2020 by Brett M MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Come on Brett , crack that sucker !! It's what I painted my Bearcat with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Xtracolor and Sovereign Colourcoats paints are my main paints, simple and easy to use, great range and for us in the UK easy to get. My other mainstay is Mr Surfacer in it's various guises, often described as Modelling Magic superb for resin kits and tiny filling jobs. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Tamiya rattle cans, I dont have an airbrush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett M Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 7 hours ago, MikeMaben said: Come on Brett , crack that sucker !! It's what I painted my Bearcat with Noooooooo! MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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