Alternative to Alclad varnish?

[fiftyfour fiftyfour]

Can anyone suggest a good alternative to Alclad for a sprayable varnish? I'm running out and nobody on eBay has it without paying for shipping from Australia or the USA! I use the gloss version (for final coat on model buses) but the satin would do. All other varnishes I've tried go white or yellow, or don't work after the third or fourth time the container is opened.

 

[Steadfast]

Try looking up HR Hobbies. Should be the same stuff, but with a different label. The license to use the Alclad name expired in 2022 and wasn't renewed

 

Jo

[fiftyfour fiftyfour]

4 hours ago, Steadfast said:

Try looking up HR Hobbies. Should be the same stuff, but with a different label. The license to use the Alclad name expired in 2022 and wasn't renewed

 

Jo

Thanks, found some stock of that on a Warhammer website so I'll give that a whirl- the product numbers are the same so it sounds promising!

 

[sulzer71]

On 26/01/2023 at 11:15, fiftyfour fiftyfour said:

Can anyone suggest a good alternative to Alclad for a sprayable varnish? I'm running out and nobody on eBay has it without paying for shipping from Australia or the USA! I use the gloss version (for final coat on model buses) but the satin would do. All other varnishes I've tried go white or yellow, or don't work after the third or fourth time the container is opened.

 

I don't use Alclad but from what I've heard it's laquer/cellulose based correct? If so I myself am currently using Mr Hobby Mr Color GX112 and 113 which are called UV Cut and apparently non yellowing , I thin with the same brand leveling thinners

[fiftyfour fiftyfour]

On 10/02/2023 at 16:49, sulzer71 said:

I don't use Alclad but from what I've heard it's laquer/cellulose based correct? If so I myself am currently using Mr Hobby Mr Color GX112 and 113 which are called UV Cut and apparently non yellowing , I thin with the same brand leveling thinners

Do you have an online stockist? Nobody has the HR hobbies version of AlClad, the warhammer games people have e-mailed me to advise "out of stock" implying that HR Hobbies is no more.

 

[sulzer71]

2 hours ago, fiftyfour fiftyfour said:

Do you have an online stockist? Nobody has the HR hobbies version of AlClad, the warhammer games people have e-mailed me to advise "out of stock" implying that HR Hobbies is no more.

 

https://www.air-craft.net/acatalog/Mr-Color-GX112-Super-Clear-III-UV-Cut-Gloss.html

https://www.air-craft.net/acatalog/Mr-Color-GX113-Super-Clear-III-UV-Cut-Flat.html

Also I've noticed airbrushes.com have the HR Hobbies products in stock https://airbrushes.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=HR+Hobbies&x=5&y=2

Edited February 14, 2023 by sulzer71

[fulton]

AMMO MIG now do an own brand "Alclad" range, A-STAND made in the UK, supplied to Ammo Mig in Spain, including the water based Aqua Gloss Acrylic Varnish, which they say is the same as the Alclad 600 Aqua Acrylic Varnish, I regularly order from Ammo Mig for delivery to the UK, postage cost, to me is OK, normally takes about five days, not, so far, had any tax to pay, last delivery was last week.

[fiftyfour fiftyfour]

On 14/02/2023 at 14:12, fulton said:

AMMO MIG now do an own brand "Alclad" range, A-STAND made in the UK, supplied to Ammo Mig in Spain, including the water based Aqua Gloss Acrylic Varnish, which they say is the same as the Alclad 600 Aqua Acrylic Varnish, I regularly order from Ammo Mig for delivery to the UK, postage cost, to me is OK, normally takes about five days, not, so far, had any tax to pay, last delivery was last week.

Are you using https://www.migjimenez.com/en/ as that's all I could find typing AMMO MIG in? It's out of stock there. There appears to be an acute global shortage of modelling varnish, every single turn I take leads to "no stock"- that was probably the 20th place I've tried.

 

[fulton]

3 hours ago, fiftyfour fiftyfour said:

Are you using https://www.migjimenez.com/en/ as that's all I could find typing AMMO MIG in? It's out of stock there. There appears to be an acute global shortage of modelling varnish, every single turn I take leads to "no stock"- that was probably the 20th place I've tried.

 

Yes just checked Ammo Mig, out of stock, but Scale Model Shop, another military modelling shop, shows in stock.

[sulzer71]

4 hours ago, fiftyfour fiftyfour said:

Are you using https://www.migjimenez.com/en/ as that's all I could find typing AMMO MIG in? It's out of stock there. There appears to be an acute global shortage of modelling varnish, every single turn I take leads to "no stock"- that was probably the 20th place I've tried.

 

Have you seen my post further up with some links?

[fiftyfour fiftyfour]

3 hours ago, sulzer71 said:

Have you seen my post further up with some links?

Seen it, ordered it, waiting for it! Thanks for the suggestion, I've now got a model set aside for varnish trials ahead of re-stripping prior to going into a different livery!

[fiftyfour fiftyfour]

On 14/02/2023 at 12:58, sulzer71 said:

https://www.air-craft.net/acatalog/Mr-Color-GX112-Super-Clear-III-UV-Cut-Gloss.html

https://www.air-craft.net/acatalog/Mr-Color-GX113-Super-Clear-III-UV-Cut-Flat.html

Also I've noticed airbrushes.com have the HR Hobbies products in stock https://airbrushes.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=HR+Hobbies&x=5&y=2

Mr Colour blisters enamel paints, thankfully only a test piece!

 

[sulzer71]

9 minutes ago, fiftyfour fiftyfour said:

Mr Colour blisters enamel paints, thankfully only a test piece!

 

I have had no issues with Mr Color doing that although I thin my enamels with Mr Leveling thinner which is solvent/cellulose based and leave it to dry for 24 hours before clear coating