I was wondering, now that Floquil is no longer, has anyone developed a list of substitute colors/manufacturers for their various products?
There's never time to do it right, but always time to do it over.....
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
I can;t remember the issue off the top of my head, but MR did a list in the past year of paint substitutes.
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These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Jimmy_Braum I can;t remember the issue off the top of my head, but MR did a list in the past year of paint substitutes.
Unless there was some added on-line content that I never looked at, this was only an evaluation of different brands, not individual colors.
I have switched to Vallejo Acrylics since the Great PollyScale Scandal and have been very happy. I have found that the best way to match colors is to download a color chart and compare. In my case, once I make the match, I just keep reordering the new Vallejo color. The colors on my monitor are dead-on to the paint color; a printed color chart shows eveything a little too dark. I have only once had a bad guess at the new color.
That said, I have a cross reference chart in Excel format that Testors sent to me when they discontinued some of the PollyScale colors about 4 years ago. Mostly for Military and R/C color lines, but it may be helpful. PM me with an e-mail address if interested and I'll e-mail it back.
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Mictoscale put together this chart:
http://www.microscale.com/ResourceCntr_Floquil.html
Google "Floquil substitute" to find others.
Some have also been linked in previous discussions on this Forum.
I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.
I don't have a leg to stand on.
Trucolor is also a substitute.
http://www.trucolorpaint.com/index.php?p=1_19_Announcement
Jaime
shOOfly, Chris Palomarez posted a nice conversion chart last year.
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/218231.aspx
regards, Peter
HO-Velo shOOfly, Chris Palomarez posted a nice conversion chart last year. http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/218231.aspx regards, Peter
I see a number of these substitutes have a gloss finish. What's the going way to tone it down to look flat?
Can you tell I haven't painted much in the last year????
The best way to tone gloss finishes down would be to use some sort of a flat or satin finish on the model when you are finished with all the decaling and such but before you install details like windows, rotary beacons, etc. (basically anything that would cloud up with the flat/satin finish). Many of the current paint lines have some sort of flat to satin finish in their paint lines. If worse comes to worse, good old Testor's Dullcote is a very good option.
Slightly OT, but many people will tell you that it is best to have a gloss finish for decaling. For me, I have almost never had a problem decaling on a flat finish. (i've the silvering issue twice. And I have painted and decaled enough equipment that I have lost track.)
Rich
Alton Junction
HaroldA,
I airbrush Testors Dullcote 50/50 with lacquer thinner for a flat finish over gloss.
richhotrainIsn't that simply the Microscale chart?
Rich, Doesn't appear so.
Regards, Peter
HO-Velo HaroldA, I airbrush Testors Dullcote 50/50 with lacquer thinner for a flat finish over gloss. richhotrain Isn't that simply the Microscale chart? Rich, Doesn't appear so. Regards, Peter
richhotrain Isn't that simply the Microscale chart?
richhotrainIt looks just like the one in this link.
Rich, The charts do appear similar, but unless I'm missing something the one shOOfly posted contains either more and or different listings, in particular two listings for Milwaukee Road Orange.
HO-Velo richhotrain It looks just like the one in this link. Rich, The charts do appear similar, but unless I'm missing something the one shOOfly posted contains either more and or different listings, in particular two listings for Milwaukee Road Orange. Regards, Peter
richhotrain It looks just like the one in this link.