Got another one for my Forum friends. Has anyone ever worked with Mission Models Paints? I'm looking at a color from their offerings for a hopper project. As I have never worked with those paints, I could use any opinions.
As usual, any assistance that can be provided would be most welcomed.
FRRYKidHas anyone ever worked with Mission Models Paints?
I have not used this line of paints myself.
I do have friends that use it. Since the Model Master military colours line went away, it is the best source in town.
Unfortunately, they do not make LichtGrau, which is the base color I painted my German army. If they did, I would have tried it by now.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
I have heard it is very good paint. You must mix the thinner precisely to use in an airbrush. You must use their thinner to thin the paint for airbrushing. DO NOT put thinned paint back in the bottle. It will ruin the remainder of the paint.
Interestingly, they make two different versions of "dunkelgelb", which I assume was done just to avoid the never-ending debates about what color dunkelgelb actually is.
It makes me wonder why no model railroad paint manufacturer ever made two different versions of Brunswick Green. Just choose the one you think is right, and stop the endless arguing.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190 I have heard it is very good paint. You must mix the thinner precisely to use in an airbrush. You must use their thinner to thin the paint for airbrushing. DO NOT put thinned paint back in the bottle. It will ruin the remainder of the paint.
I don't use an airbrush. Using an airbrush in Montana without a fume hood is not practical. I brush paint everything.
Thank you for the help.
FRRYKidUsing an airbrush in Montana without a fume hood is not practical. I brush paint everything.
OK, I missed that.
I do not know anyone that has brush painted with Mission Models paints. Being that most of the line are armor and aircraft colors, they kind of lend themselves to an airbrush.
Down here, we can only airbrush four months of the year.
I just bought some. Appears to be similar to Vallejo. Haven't had a chance to use it in an air bruch yet. Have brush painted it (wanted to check the color). Bottle has a built in shaker ball.
Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com
SeeYou190 It makes me wonder why no model railroad paint manufacturer ever made two different versions of Brunswick Green. Just choose the one you think is right, and stop the endless arguing. -Kevin
Who's arguing? Dark green locomotive enamel (DGLE) is easy to mix. 5 gallons of black to 1 teaspoon of hunter green. See. Simple. It's the reddish brown roof that gives me the fits.
Pete.
wrench567Dark green locomotive enamel (DGLE) is easy to mix. 5 gallons of black to 1 teaspoon of hunter green.
When I was a teenager and would hang out at the railroad club, it seemed that 25% of the conversation was always about Brunswick Green. Specifically, how much Engine Black had to be added to Floquil Brunswick Green to correct the color. It seemed no one thought Floquil got it right.
Then I started hanging out in Game Stores, and we argued about who was faster, Flash or Superman.
Then I started building historical models, and the Dunkelgelb arguments went on and on until the wee hours.
Ah, the fun of hobbies.
I have it easy since I model 1900-1905. There were no color photos. Early B&W films don't render colors consistently. Every shop mixed their own paint.
My go to color is "That looks about right."
dehusman Appears to be similar to Vallejo. ... Have brush painted it (wanted to check the color). Bottle has a built in shaker ball.
Appears to be similar to Vallejo. ... Have brush painted it (wanted to check the color). Bottle has a built in shaker ball.
I have used Vallejo for a few projects. I take it that the coverage with brush painting was fairly good.
I've been forced to use the pre-thinned paints for brush painting for some projects and it was a pain. It got the job done but it took a few coats.
FRRYKidI've been forced to use the pre-thinned paints for brush painting for some projects and it was a pain. It got the job done but it took a few coats.
I agree. I unwittingly bought some Rapido paints, not realising that they were ready-to-use (pre-thinned) for airbrushing, but for brush-work, were virtually useless.I do the majority of my painting using an airbrush, but it's not very practical for painting HO scale figures, or small details on structures, locomotives, and rolling stock.
That's the main reason I lament the passing of Pollyscale paints: perfect for brush-work and easily thinned with water for airbrushing. In my opinion, the best model paint I've ever used...better than Floquil and better than Scalecoat, and a lot of other smaller and less-well-known brands, too...all good in their own right, but none equal to Pollyscale.
Wayne
doctorwayne That's the main reason I lament the passing of Pollyscale paints: perfect for brush-work and easily thinned with water for airbrushing.
That's the main reason I lament the passing of Pollyscale paints: perfect for brush-work and easily thinned with water for airbrushing.
To this day I still haven't found a good equal to PS MEC Pine Tree Green. That is the main color of my protolanced road. I have a few old bottles but eventually even those will dry out.
Way back in my model building days, all we really had was Testors, and Pactra paints. Years ago when I was into the super detail phase of model railroading I was painting figures and other items with tube paints from AC Moore. Really nice to brush with and one stroke cover. Just took forever to dry. Scalecoat for the brass items. Now that I'm old grey, and balding. My eyes aren't what they used to be, so I try to avoid painting as much as possible.
SeeYou190 wrench567 Dark green locomotive enamel (DGLE) is easy to mix. 5 gallons of black to 1 teaspoon of hunter green. Then I started building historical models, and the Dunkelgelb arguments went on and on until the wee hours. Ah, the fun of hobbies. -Kevin
wrench567 Dark green locomotive enamel (DGLE) is easy to mix. 5 gallons of black to 1 teaspoon of hunter green.
Kevin.
I know the difficulty of the Dunkelgrau. I bought a 1/16 scale RC Tiger1. It came in grey. I learned later that there was only about 50 painted Dunkelgrau. The vast majority were earth or sand. The ones sent east were whitewashed using mops and brooms over the dark earth. I wish I could find a decal sheet of Zimmerit to put on it. That would be cool.
I built a ton of military models until my mid twenties. Especially when I was in the army. I did all kinds of camo paint jobs on everything from the M151 to the M88. My post commander bought an M60A1E1 painted jungle tiger stripe. One of my company commanders bought my M109 howitzer in winter camo with netting made from paper and string.
Have fun. :)