MCW paints, Enamel vs Lacquer

[eran_k]

I mostly use either lacquers, or tamiya and Mr hobby paints. is there any benefit using MCW enamels over their lacquers? or it's just a matter of what system i'm used to use?

[StevenGuthmiller]

One of the most obvious differences is ease of use.

MCW lacquers are premixed and ready to spray straight from the jar.

Their enamels need to be correctly thinned in order to spray.

Other than that, it’s mostly a question of what you would rather use.

Lacquer or enamel.

And I’m not entirely certain, but I believe that they have a larger range of color choices available in their lacquer line versus their enamels.

 

 

 

 

Steve

[Shark]

The only benefit in my opinion is enamels aren't as weather sensitive. Not enough reason for me to switch from lacquer base.

[StevenGuthmiller]

1 hour ago, Shark said:

The only benefit in my opinion is enamels aren't as weather sensitive. Not enough reason for me to switch from lacquer base.

All of the traditional differences between lacquer and enamel apply.

 

 

Steve

[BDSchindler]

17 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

All of the traditional differences between lacquer and enamel apply.

 

 

Steve

While I like MCW paints for airbrush (even though I prefer Splash Paints), I tried their "Brush" enamel paints when looking for a replacement of Testor's Model Master brush paints.  I do not  recommend their brush enamel paints as they are too thin for decent brush painting (streaks) and too thick for Airbrush.  I purchased 3 blacks (Gloss, Semi-gloss and Flat) as well as a couple of silver shades.  When attempting to brush, they fill in the deep spots on parts like a thinned out wash or accent paint but the high points of various parts seemed nearly transparent.  It didn't matter if I put a second coat on the part or not as the paint turned out "uneven" and just did not flow well at all.

I also wash all parts and prime first (I prime everything with Mr. Hobby surface primer that gets painted even down to smaller parts) before painting.

Just my opinion.

[Nicholas]

i hand paint with them a lot although i dont paint bodies with them,i find that if you thin it with mr. color levelling thinner it goes on better and dries faster just my 02