Embarrassment happens...

[DanR]

When you call a local hobby shop for Floquil weathered black and find out Floquil paints disappeared from shelves 3 or 4 years ago! Nice to see I'm keeping up with the times. But they did have Testors Grimy Black, which is an acceptable alternative.

[Badluck 13]

HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!....Okay I should not have been drinking a PowerAde when I was reading this.....stuff burns out the nose but anyway thanks for the laugh!!!

[DanR]

Ha ha ha, no problem! The guy who answered was hilarious. As soon as I said Floquil, he literally screamed into the phone "Nooo!!! They don't make that anymore." I went to the shop later and he was a grumpy looking old codger, so I gave him a pass. I respect my elders, even if they're a little impatient at times! 

[Snake45]

You need to seek out a hole-in-the-wall model railroad shop, they might have some Floquil left...of course it will be in colors you could never ever use (all the good stuff is long gone)....

[DanR]

Thanks Snake, I grabbed a couple of bottles of the Grimy Black so I'm good. I just felt like an idiot for not knowing... the weird thing is I could swear I saw a rack of Floquil at this shop the last time I was there, but it was probably just some fever dream brought on by too much Testors glue and peyote.

[Snake45]

1 hour ago, DanR said:

 the weird thing is I could swear I saw a rack of Floquil at this shop the last time I was there, but it was probably just some fever dream brought on by too much Testors glue and peyote.

No, you saw it...it's just that that visit was about five years longer ago than you remember it. (It was about the same time I saw AMT '55 Nomad kits at Walmart.) Don't ask me how I know this. 

[mikemodeler]

At least you have a local hobby shop to call, some of us don't have that luxury. Glad you were able to find a suitable replacement, hopefully the new stuff will work just fine.

 

[berr13]

Not sure what you're doing, but try Testors "Aircraft interior black".  I use the acrylic version, and it goes on virtually without brush marks, and it's just a touch lighter than black.  I like it.

[DanR]

James - I'm actually using it to paint tank tracks. I found one of those World of Tanks kits at Hobby Lobby discounted to about $12 so I grabbed it as a fun distraction. I also found a bunch of old Fine Scale Modelers (and Scale Auto, Plastic Fanatic, and Tamiya Model Magazine) for 50 cents each and one guy did his tracks with Floquil weathered black and rust highlights and I liked the way they looked. I'll most likely highlight with gunmetal instead.

And, on that note, I'm mostly a car guy, but I have been reading thru these non car magazines at the gym and I have to say, they do two things: 1) they give you ideas for things you can do to your car models, and 2) they really make building a plane or a tank look like a lot of fun!