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Mr. Paint; Anybody use it?
Topic Started: Sep 21 2017, 04:10 AM (165 Views)
dknights
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Have heard a bit about it and wondering if anyone has any real world experience with it?
David M. Knights
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14 Finished: Special Armor V-2, Airfix P-51
15 Finished: SBS Gladiator engine
16 Finished: Brengun C2 Wasserfall, Merit SS-N-2 Styx, World's smallest diorama, Airfix Hurricane.
17 Finished: Japanese Carrier Deck, Belcher SS-4, Italeri AB41, PLAN Type 039A (not 72nd scale)
18 Finished: NONE
The bench:Platz T-33, Trump. T-34/85, Meng F-106, Airfix P-51 #2, Airfix P-40
Revell MiG-21F-13, Ace Citroen V-11
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Chuck1945
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I have been using it some and like it. The bottles need quite a shake to mix. It is thinned for airbrushing, doesn't brush on very well, behaving much like old time lacquer paint where the second coat can melt the first. I have successfully done very minor brush touch ups. It is an acrylic lacquer, not sure of actual chemical properties but it seems similar to Gunze's Mr Color, and supposedly (I haven't tried it though), Gunze's Mr Levelling Thinner will work if it needs to be thinned for application. DIY store generic lacquer thinner works just fine to clean up. It costs about twice as much as Mr Color, but comes in a 30ml bottle instead of Gunze's 10ml.
Chuck
Eastern WA, USA
Finished 2018:
Eduard Spitfire IXc, VIII, Monogram/Starfighter BFC-2
On the active bench:
Eduard Bf 110C, Hasegawa B-24D, SH P-40E
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Pjotr
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I have tried their "supersilver metallic" and "white aluminium" above their "fine surface primer-black". The colors come already thinned for airbrushing and you have only to shake them a little (in the bottle there is a small ball, like the one you find in spray cans to ease the mixturing) and put in your airbrush... I had no troubles in applying them with 0.3 mm nozzle and the colors gripped well on the plastic offering a good resistance to scratches. The metallic effect was very good.
I have also heard it is compatible with Gunze's Mr Color but I haven't tried, since I do not use Mr Color.
I think it is good stuff and since they offer a really wide choice of air-force specific colors (especially the hard to guess colors of the USSR/Russian Air Force), I will certainly consider to purchase more of them for my future projects.
Peter
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