AMT4EVR Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Greetings, I've just read this in my newest copy of a model railroad magazine, the RUSTY'O company has made it public, to say that due to a slow sales decline of these three brands over the years, they have pulled the plug on them, and they will no longer be made. The Testor Company will focus on other supplies and tools. There you have it, so let's get to the hobby shop now, before the stock is all gone... GOOD LUCK!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I need a few colors before they are gone.. I do wish Hobby Lobby would sell Tamiya spray paint.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styromaniac Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 38 minutes ago, slusher said: I need a few colors before they are gone.. I do wish Hobby Lobby would sell Tamiya spray paint.. I agree. With the loss of several hobby shops in my area ( N.Va. ) the last few years Tamiya paints are tough to find. My local Hobby Lobbies only sell Tamiya paints in the white and gray primer rattle cans.... not the colors....in either bottle or spray cans. May have to start ordering online when my supply runs low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ambrose Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I was talking to our local hobby shop, and they say Tamiya paints have been hard to get. They order a lot and get a little. The racks In the store are looking rather bare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyc Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 So.... what will will be doing for paints? Dang. Will the new Revell lines be avaialble in US? Or will they be keeping the basic lines of paints? The mind boggles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Metallic Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 17 hours ago, AMT4EVR said: Greetings, I've just read this in my newest copy of a model railroad magazine, the RUSTY'O company has made it public, to say that due to a slow sales decline of these three brands over the years, they have pulled the plug on them, and they will no longer be made. The Testor Company will focus on other supplies and tools. There you have it, so let's get to the hobby shop now, before the stock is all gone... GOOD LUCK!!!!! The Testors company will continue to sell spray paints as well. They are discontinuing the product lines you listed and consolidating them under the main Testors brand. Some colors and items will be dropped during the consolidation, but they pledge to add new paints/items as well. Check out this thread, specifically the post by "blunote" about 1/2 way down the third page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSchnell Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Testors is going more after the soccer mom crowd with their "Crafternoon" campaign as seen on their Facebook page. I suspect to the bean counters there is a bigger return in catering to the folks painting napkin rings on a rainy Saturday afternoon with the kids than the people like us. The phasing out of Model Master has been in the works for some time. Those of us who build aircraft are still lamenting the loss of the military color line a year or so ago. I have a couple hundred bottles of Model Master I bought when an LHS closed down. Hopefully I'll be able to use them before they dry out. I read on the Fine Scale forum that Revell paint is coming to the states. I'm interested in trying those. I still use Floquil, Humbrol, and of course the square bottle Testors. If Testors continues to sell their line of spray paint, they need to update the nozzle. Like trying to paint a mailbox with a firehose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMP440 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 No loss here. There are much better paints out there than Testors Model Master. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, GMP440 said: No loss here. There are much better paints out there than Testors Model Master. I kind of agree. I won't miss much for Testors spray paints. Most of them were never really all that great in the first place. I'll miss a couple of the lacquer primers and clears just because they were easy to find, but they're not irreplaceable. I will miss some of the bottle paints if they go away. I still use quite a few Testors enamels for small stuff. But there again, not irreplaceable. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, randyc said: So.... what will will be doing for paints? Dang. Will the new Revell lines be avaialble in US? Or will they be keeping the basic lines of paints? The mind boggles. Revell's US Facebook page posted today that the U.S. & Canada were supposed to getting their line of paints and supplies (which includes the enamel and acrylic paint line) "soon". How soon depends on how far along they are to meeting the California labeling requirements before they made today's announcement. Edited July 11, 2020 by niteowl7710 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 I saw a full page ad for Revell paint in some magazine I received the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 For anyone like me who will miss Testor’s enamels (which I just got good at using ?) it looks like MCW will the filling the gap there anyway: The examples Donn posted in this vid look good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrucha Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 That's too bad. I like to use Model Master primers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boss 302 mustang Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 The engine paints like the Pontiac and Olds blues will be hard to match in another line. Those are probably the biggest loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan White Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 It's too bad AutomotiveTouchup doesn't get into the smaller cans since that would open up factory colors immensely while not forcing you to use up a large can if you don't want to. I'm sure it's not financially feasible for them which is why they don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 $6 for Testors $10 for Duplicolor.. not much more for a superior product. I use mainly Duplicolor and some Tamiya sprays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSchnell Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 If you have any Ollie's nearby, they almost always have Duplicolor stuff. Just bought 4 cans of Duplicolor primer for 2.96/can. I'm set for the rest of the year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 4 hours ago, Tom Geiger said: $6 for Testors $10 for Duplicolor.. not much more for a superior product. I agree. If you have an airbrush, 2 oz. of Scale Finishes paint is about the same price as a can of Duplicolor, and the color choices are virtually endless. With MCW introducing jar paint, I really can't imagine ever missing Testors. MCW is absolutely superior to Testors, and with 1,500 colors coming around the corner, it will make the Testors line of enamels look like an amateur attempt. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 20 hours ago, boss 302 mustang said: The engine paints like the Pontiac and Olds blues will be hard to match in another line. Those are probably the biggest loss. I'm sure that MCW will carry them if they don't already. Scale Finishes already has engine enamels in premixed, ready to spray airbrush paint. Picked up this bottle of Scale Finishes Pontiac Blue a couple of weeks ago. They currently carry 29 engine colors, from "Chrysler Hemi Orange", all the way to more obscure colors such as "AMC Metallic Blue", "Austin Healey Green" and "Detroit Alpine Green". Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 1 hour ago, RSchnell said: If you have any Ollie's nearby, they almost always have Duplicolor stuff. Just bought 4 cans of Duplicolor primer for 2.96/can. I'm set for the rest of the year! My last trip to Ollies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSchnell Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Just now, Tom Geiger said: My last trip to Ollies... Yes sir that's a haul! That red oxide is my favorite rattle can primer. Use it on every build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 11 minutes ago, RSchnell said: Yes sir that's a haul! That red oxide is my favorite rattle can primer. Use it on every build. I use them all depending on the model. I use mostly the light gray, but just bought their white primer for a few things. I’ve used this for color and just clear coated over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 4 hours ago, RSchnell said: Yes sir that's a haul! That red oxide is my favorite rattle can primer. Use it on every build. The primer/sealer is my go to primer. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 I recently saw some Model Masters paint, in the little round bottles, priced in the $13 to $14 range on eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuces ll Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 For 1/2 oz. bottles????... That's crazy!...?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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