What bottle paint to use?

[Spooky 52]

What bottle paint to use, now that Testors cannot be found?  I am thinking about acrylics (water wash up). What do you recommend?

[Sandboarder]

For water based acrylics? Citadel paints

[peteski]

You might want to clarify.  For brush-painting or airbrushing? Are you asking to replace the "stinky" solvent-based PLA enamels (or Model Master) then there is Humbrol in the little metal tins.  Very similar to old-school Testors paints.  Then there is Scalecoat II paint - again similar to Testors.  Next is the Tru-Color paint, but that one is best applied using an airbrush.

Recent FineScale Modeler magazine also had an article reviewing several new lines of "stinky" acrylic lacquers (in bottles).  I have never heard of most of them before reading the article -- they are new lines of paints from various manufacturers.

Edited August 7, 2021 by peteski

[Spooky 52]

Brush stuff for details

[John Pol]

Vallejo that is what I use

[peteski]

Vallejo are water-based paints while the ones I mentioned are "stinky" organic-solvent based paints (like Testors PLA enamels). Testors did also make water-based Acryl line of paints, but we still don't know what type of paint (water-based or "stinky") Spooky 52 is looking for.

Edited August 8, 2021 by peteski

[jchrisf]

I've noticed my two heroes, Clay Kemp and Dave Thibodeau, are using Mission Models Acrylic for brushing detail these days.

 

[Rodent]

25 minutes ago, jchrisf said:

Mission Models Acrylic

Just saw this at the LHS on Friday. Might be worth trying.

[martinfan5]

Revell paints , they have a aqua line, maybe give those a try if you want water based.

 

Edited August 8, 2021 by martinfan5

[JohnU]

6 hours ago, peteski said:

Vallejo are water-based paints while the ones I mentioned are "stinky" organic-solvent based paints (like Testors PLA enamels). Testors did also make water-based Acryl line of paints, but we still don't know what type of paint (water-based or "stinky") Spooky 52 is looking for.

He did say water wash up in parentheses.

[peteski]

58 minutes ago, JohnU said:

He did say water wash up in parentheses.

Duh!  My brain was again not fully engaged.  Carry on.  Vallejo is a good choice.

[Brutalform]

On 8/8/2021 at 5:16 AM, John Pol said:

Vallejo that is what I use

I also use this. And since I started using it, I don’t remember the last time I used any Testors or Tamiya jar paints. 

[Deathgoblin]

Right now I'm still running on the last of my Testors Acryl.  I've noticed I'm finding more Testors acrylics in sets that have better colors than they used to in the little square bottles.  I picked up a set that has light and dark gull grey, OD green, ghost grey, flat tan and flat white. I wonder if they're rolling the Model Master lines into their normal paints?  I think I'm gonna switch to Revell Aqua once the Acryl runs out.  I use a lot of Citadel paints as well.  They have a wide array of colors and their white and red are more opaque than most paints I've worked with.