Miatatom Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Title says it all. Looks like the same stuff to me. Chinese source, maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 Their description says Testors. Do they have a warehouse full of the stuff? https://www.hobbylobby.com/Crafts-Hobbies/Model-Kits/Paint-Brushes/Testors-Enamel-Paint/p/PT25150# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 37 minutes ago, Miatatom said: Their description says Testors. Do they have a warehouse full of the stuff? https://www.hobbylobby.com/Crafts-Hobbies/Model-Kits/Paint-Brushes/Testors-Enamel-Paint/p/PT25150# They probably just buy it from Testors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 3 hours ago, Can-Con said: They probably just buy it from Testors. I thought Testors and Model Master were history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Not to reveal my own ignorance, but I kinda assumed that stuff WAS Testors. Or is the packaging different than the Testors ones somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug 1061 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Miatatom said: I thought Testors and Model Master were history. It was my understanding that they only dropped the Model Master line. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 https://www.testors.com/en/product-catalog/testors-brands/testors/enamel-paint Funny thing is that the Testors website still shows Model Master paints https://www.testors.com/product-catalog/testors-brands/model-master/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 It looks like the standard Testors product and labelling that I've known for at least ten years or so. The page says Testors. Worst product labelling ever, though. Even with reading glasses and good light I find the label nearly impossible to read. Without glasses, it's impossible. Why do you think it is not Testors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 58 minutes ago, Bainford said: Why do you think it is not Testors? It was my understanding that Testors was out of the paint business. The bottles don't have any sort of brand name on them. I'm just curious. I read it here on the world wide, so it must be true. 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 1017 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 My local Hobby Lobby's stock of Testors has been getting low and they are not restocking it. Soon I hope they start selling Revell paint. I bought some on line . The enamel is like Testors .The acrylic's are very good. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) Only place around here now that sells Testors model paint is Michaels. Last fall the rack was almost empty. Last time I was there was a couple weeks ago but the rack was almost full then. As I understand it, they, like many other companies had just ran low on materials so they had to halt production for a while on most paint lines and the "Extreme Lacquer" sprays were dropped. Edited April 5, 2022 by Can-Con Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave G. Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 No, Testors is still alive so far. Model Master was dropped. My local hobby store still has good stock of the little square bottles but they did bring in the Tamiya LP line which very good. They now have a more extensive Tamiya line between acrylics, lacquers and rattle cans than they do Testors though. I was in Hobby Lobby a couple of weeks ago and their Testors rack was pretty much full as well. Talking about square bottle enamels here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 20 hours ago, Doug 1061 said: It was my understanding that they only dropped the Model Master line. I stand corrected. 😳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 I find it amusing that their website still shows Model Master paints. Testors (actually Rustoleum and RPM) is a giant corporation, not some fly-by-nite company ran from someone's basement. You figure they would have someone keeping the website up to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 The bottles at the HL I stopped at earlier today all had the Testors logo plastered across the cap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jas1957 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 8:47 PM, peteski said: I find it amusing that their website still shows Model Master paints. Testors (actually Rustoleum and RPM) is a giant corporation, not some fly-by-nite company ran from someone's basement. You figure they would have someone keeping the website up to date. Boy, that’s for sure. Very very annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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