Where can I get scalecoat 2 paints?
fisker4jcWhere can I get scalecoat 2 paints?
https://www.minutemanscalemodels.com/
I've made several orders 'direct from the source' without any problems.
Good Luck, Ed
Nearly everyone but Walthers lists this paint with the Roman numeral II instead of 2. Search with that and you'll quickly find sources it might be imprudent to mention by name here...
Ed is spot on. Minuteman provides good service and ships orders promptly.
Although I use acrylics for weathering and some freight cars, I prefer Scale Coat II for the majority of my overall paint jobs and as a basecoat foundation for metalizing.
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I have had good service from Minuteman. I have not used them in a couple of years since Metro Trains/Victory Models in Fort Myers started carrying Scalecoat paint.
-Kevin
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Hobbylinc also has Scalecoat paint, and I've gotten good service from them. I think the reason I gave them a try was because their shipping cost was a bit lower than Walthers and Minuteman. Minuteman owns Scalecoat though, so they'll always be the ones most likely to have any colors you want available.
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Is Scale Coat 2 a lacquer? Or just more water based paint?
David Starr www.newsnorthwoods.blogspot.com
More like an enamel style paint just like Floquil turned into after they were purchased by Testors.
Rick Jesionowski
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dstarr Is Scale Coat 2 a lacquer? Or just more water based paint?
Both Scalecoat products are solvent based paints, not acrylic. Scalecoat II is plastic friendly.
I use Scalecoat products for all my airbrush work. I have yet to master using acrylic paint in an airbrush without clogging it up.
I have never liked acrylic model paints.
Sheldon
ATLANTIC CENTRAL dstarr Is Scale Coat 2 a lacquer? Or just more water based paint? Both Scalecoat products are solvent based paints, not acrylic. Scalecoat II is plastic friendly. I use Scalecoat products for all my airbrush work. I have yet to master using acrylic paint in an airbrush without clogging it up. I have never liked acrylic model paints. Sheldon
Sheldon me too!
dti406Sheldon me too! Rick Jesionowski
And me makes three!
I get all mine right from Minutemanscalemodels.com I usually have good service from them. Still waiting on my monst recent order from Oct 22. I emailed them and He got back to me that hes the only employee as of now so it might take a little longer!
I bought a large amount of Scalecoat paint when Weaver decided to wrap-up operations. I had previously used Scalecoat only occasionally, much preferring Floquils' Pollyscale acrylic paint.I too had difficulties airbrushing Pollyscale, mistakenly relying on on-line tips for practices to facilitate airbrushing.
I finally decided to contact the manufacturers of Pollyscale, and was surprised that all I needed to do was thin the paint with distilled water. The next day, I went out to my paintshop, in a separate room in my detached garage, and successfully painted 4 dozen freight cars in varying shades of boxcar red (they were not only for different railroads, but also to represent cars of various ages...sorta a preliminary pre-weathering, using somewhat faded colours).In that session, I changed colours often, or refilled bottles as required (I never use a colour cup - too easy to spill and too small for any useful amount of painting) and also mixed colours as I worked.I didn't time the session, but needless to say, it was fairly lengthy, as I was also painting underbodies and running gear.
In that session, the airbrush clogged...not at all. For that reason, Pollyscale, also suitable for brush-painting, became my go-to preference.
I still have a lot of it, but have run out of black, and that's pretty-well the only Scalecoat colour that I'll be using (plus those colours to create the other shades of black) as I'm not at all fond of it. With Pollyscale, I could do a steam locomotive and tender in five shades of black in a single session, with no masking required other than holding some cardstock over the dry-to-the-touch paint adjacent to the next colour, it was easy and quick.
Using Scalecoat, one shade of black takes one session, the next, a day or more later, another one shade of black. The paint itself is good enough, but it's simply a time waster as far as application is concerned. Some colours seem to have a very good shelf-life, some others, not so good. I have had Pollyscale (and Polly S) from when it was first introduced, and have not had even one bottle go bad.
Wayne