Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
I have been having build mojo depression the last few months. Since I had not felt like building any models, other things have been finished up. The vac table and a few other little projects have been successfully finished (YAY!)
So when I attended the Nationals and won an opportunity to buy the new Tamiya P-38E/F kit I went ahead and bought it. While at the Nationals Moon Puppy and I were walking through the dealer room and we stopped and visited with a new paint supplier "Scale Colors". He gave me 5 bottles of color and a bottle of thinner to use for a review.
Here is the first installment...
Ok folks, I am editing this here (10-31-19). The paint (in my opinion) is a fail. The problem seen in the next photo also was happening when mixed with the supplied paint thinner for airbrushing. It also seemed to happen to a lesser extent when mixed with water and the thinner. Finally in my eyes the interior green is too light and does not really seem to cover all that well. The Vallejo Air Green Chromate matches to the old Pactra Zinc Chromate Green quite well and brush paints and sprays much better.
In addition it really gums up my airbrush. Every use "required" a full disassembly to remove the green goo that formed over all the internal surfaces. This coating would form within just a few minutes (5 to 10) of pouring the mixed paint into the airbrush. If you are looking in this for the first time jump to the next page to post #18 and you will see photos of the paint failing. In addition when the paint is dry, it isn't really hard, it has a rubbery tendency that is apparent when scraping it away for glue adhesion.
If you use any of the various methods to do paint chipping this could screw that up entirely. I am not going to attempt to use this for any of the other painting on this build. I have a number of paints that are much better and way easier to use. They are tried and tested and can be counted on to work as expected.
I just in all good faith suggest you avoid the Scale Colors paint.
As stated I am liking the new paint. It sprayed through my extra fine airbrush just fine. It goes on quite thin and all the detail on the part still shows through just fine. I will be trying other paints over it for detailing in the cockpit and the cockpit parts are being used as a test for how well the paint bonds to the plastic (without washing the parts first. I should have some more observations in a few days.
Thanks for looking in.
So when I attended the Nationals and won an opportunity to buy the new Tamiya P-38E/F kit I went ahead and bought it. While at the Nationals Moon Puppy and I were walking through the dealer room and we stopped and visited with a new paint supplier "Scale Colors". He gave me 5 bottles of color and a bottle of thinner to use for a review.
Here is the first installment...
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Ok folks, I am editing this here (10-31-19). The paint (in my opinion) is a fail. The problem seen in the next photo also was happening when mixed with the supplied paint thinner for airbrushing. It also seemed to happen to a lesser extent when mixed with water and the thinner. Finally in my eyes the interior green is too light and does not really seem to cover all that well. The Vallejo Air Green Chromate matches to the old Pactra Zinc Chromate Green quite well and brush paints and sprays much better.
In addition it really gums up my airbrush. Every use "required" a full disassembly to remove the green goo that formed over all the internal surfaces. This coating would form within just a few minutes (5 to 10) of pouring the mixed paint into the airbrush. If you are looking in this for the first time jump to the next page to post #18 and you will see photos of the paint failing. In addition when the paint is dry, it isn't really hard, it has a rubbery tendency that is apparent when scraping it away for glue adhesion.
If you use any of the various methods to do paint chipping this could screw that up entirely. I am not going to attempt to use this for any of the other painting on this build. I have a number of paints that are much better and way easier to use. They are tried and tested and can be counted on to work as expected.
I just in all good faith suggest you avoid the Scale Colors paint.
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As stated I am liking the new paint. It sprayed through my extra fine airbrush just fine. It goes on quite thin and all the detail on the part still shows through just fine. I will be trying other paints over it for detailing in the cockpit and the cockpit parts are being used as a test for how well the paint bonds to the plastic (without washing the parts first. I should have some more observations in a few days.
Thanks for looking in.