Which Brush paint to use?

[Gavster]

im wanting to paint the engine on a chevy ss an the seats, i was thinking brush can i usually use spray for the body, (i Work in a Automotive paint store) but what brand an type of paint should i use to brush on?

[JamesW]

I use Testors and Model Master paints for brushing.

[Gavster]

Okay, thats what i was gonna try, but i wanted to know if it was the best bet

[Chillyb1]

Just a suggestion, but I think you are better off spray painting everything and only using brush paints for fine detail. Seats and engines, as in your example, and other parts of that size inevitably end up with uneven coverage and with brush strokes. Plus it is just time consuming.

That being said, I use Tamiya acrylics almost exclusively for brush painting.

[crazyjim]

I HATE all acrylic paints (Testors & Tamiya). Maybe it's the way I paint them or the brushes I use, but I HATE that garbage and avoid like the plague.

[Monty]

Looks like you're going to get several opinions here, which really doesn't help you much. I haven't tried Testors acrylics, but I have tried to brush Tamiya and other acrylics, and it's tatamount to herding cats. In my experience, you only get one stroke with acrylics, whereas enamels allow a couple passes, allowing the paint to blend into the last pass. You can enhance this by loading a little thinner in the brush. Testors makes excellent enamels and you can find them virtually anywhere.

That said, I agree with most of what chillyb1 said, especially in regard to evenness of coverage. A couple light coats with a hobby enamel spray paint is probably your best bet for both the engine and the seats. (If you don't mind a little clean-up work, an airbrush makes stuff like this so much easier, but that's a discussion for another time).

Lastly, even though you work in an automotive paint store, I'd recommend using hobby paints till you learn which primers/barriers will keep the paint from ruining the styrene.

[espo]

I have had good luck with Model Masters "custom lacquer system" paints. They have most of the OEM engine colors. They have a # 28006 Chevy Engine Red that looks very close to a real Chevy red.