Easy Question: Difference between plain Testor and Model Master?

[chutton01]

That's it, what is the difference between plain Testor's and Model Masters paints (especially spray paints) to warrent a dollar or so price difference?
Particular in regards to the same colors (say, gloss white or gloss black) - I realize many specific colors are only in one or the other product range, but some are the same or similar.

[easyaces]

Plain testors paint is a little thicker and needs a lot of thinning for good airbrushing where ther model-master paint is formulated more for easier arbrushing and gives better coating.

[dano99a]

above and $$$

[Anonymous]

Extra bonus for me (and all the folks using a Binks airbrush) The bottle fits right on the airbrush!!! Empties can be cleaned out and used as spare paint cups!

[Sunset Limited]

I was wondering about that also! I heard from a hobby shop employee that there is no difference between the Tester Model Master flat dull cote and the Tester dull cote 1260 spray paints. ( There both lacquer paints) I'm taking their word on it since I tried them both, and I see no difference in painted appearance or quality. Now I'm using the cheaper standard Tester dull cote can.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by EZamora

I was wondering about that also! I heard from a hobby shop employee that there is no difference between the Tester Model Master flat dull cote and the Tester dull cote 1260 spray paints. ( There both lacquer paints) I'm taking their word on it since I tried them both, and I see no difference in painted appearance or quality. Now I'm using the cheaper standard Tester dull cote can.

Careful there. Testors Dullcoat in a can has talc in it as a flattening agent, and the mixture consistency varies. Either its not mixed enough, or too much talc in it, the resilt is an occasional model that turns white. I swore off the stuff years ago, preferring to shoot Floquil flat fini***hrough the airbrush. Much more consistent results!

[chutton01]

QUOTE: Originally posted by kbfcsme
Careful there. Testors Dullcoat in a can has talc in it as a flattening agent, and the mixture consistency varies. Either its not mixed enough, or too much talc in it, the resilt is an occasional model that turns white. I swore off the stuff years ago, preferring to shoot Floquil flat fini***hrough the airbrush. Much more consistent results!

Testors Dullcoat (in a can) especially does not like any surfaces with Alcohol on them (as I once found to my dismay a long time ago, having cleaned some models with alcohol and then dullcoating them after they dried - oops). I limit my dullcoat spray usage to flat, kinda rough objects such as people (I hate sleek, shiney, people), scrap metal piles, abandoned burned vehicles, etc - things that kinda have a crappy finish in nature (and prototype people do seem to have rougher, flatter finishes than, say, your average auto or SUV - even the sexiest Hollywood Starlet...).
Anyway, thanks for the replies - the consensus so far is trending that in a bottle form, Straight Testors is thicker than Model Master (I definitely concur), and in a spray form there seems to be no difference except cost (this I knew), and color range - but there may or may not be differences in the flat clear coats (for some reason I believe there is a difference in the gloss clear coats [Model Master just looks better], and anyway my LHS doesn't seem to ever carry Semi-Gloss/Satin Testors -just Model Master Semigloss] - but I am willing to admit I'm wrong here too, and it's just perception on my part)

[Anonymous]

Ruined a beautiful NYC lightning stripe decal job I did on an HO GP-9, by using Testor Dull Coat. In spite of my shaking the can well, the paint appeared splotchy. Should have stuck with glossy. Will never use it again.

[Anonymous]

My understanding is that the pigment used in the Model Masters series is of a much higher grade and in a larger percentage than the stock Testors. This allows the color to transfer with much less material used and therefore a much thinner coat to achieve the results. I equate Model Master closer to the quality of a Floquil paint.