Jack P Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Derp So, no-one seems to like Acrylic paints which I find odd because I hate enamel, but the paints i'm searching for dont seem to be available in Acrylic. thus; 2 questions Can anyone direct me to - in Acrylic; S.R. Coach Roof Grey S.R. Pre War Malachite Green - (dull, preferably) S.R. Venetian Red S.R. Freight Wagon Brown And why enamel/acrylic over acrylic/enamel? - Jack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 While I cannot help with your request for specific shades, I do not think that everyone prefers enamels. I use mostly acrylics myself. I find them easier to work with and less smelly. Modern acrylics cover well and give good finishes, in manny cases comparable to enamels. However the model railway hobby takes time to adapt and the range is less advanced than in wargaming for example. I suspect that over time, the number of railway specific shades available as enamels will improve. In the meantime, there are a couple of options. Take some samples that you want to match into a local shop and try to find a colour that matches. Games Workshop have a large range of high quality acrylics in an eye-watering array of colours. Don't be put off by the daft names, you may just find that "Snot green" or "Scorpion green" are a good match for SR Malachite (just examples, I don't know if either of the above is actually a good match). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodshaw Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Enamel fumes give me headaches while acrylics don't. I've never needed to match anything that exactly, and I'm not sure there's much benefit - paint colours on the prototype could differ from batch to batch anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerces Fobe2 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Games Workshop acrylics (Citidal) I use then all the time realy good http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/landing.jsp?catId=cat730002a&rootCatGameStyle= XF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2012 I Use enamel paints all the time - love the smell!! I have used some of the US acrylics some with good results but some with very poor outcome. I ought to practice more with acrylics though but most stuff I sitll brush and then seal the decasl afterwards with Testors dulcote. As I tend to weather most models the brush stokes tend to disappear in the waethering. ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Antics Humbrol Colour Chart..... http://www.anticsonl....uk/1971_1.html Annoyingly I have found the Humbrol acrylics to be among the poorer in terms of coverage and quality. Green can normally be relied on to cover well due to the opacity of the pigment but their BR/GWR green required several coats and had a very rough finish. GW are very good and I have heard others speak highly of Valejo. Tamiya are quite good too but require special thinners whereas most acrylics can be thinned with water. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack P Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 I probably should've stated that I've tried the humbrol malachite green and it turns out looking like an off LNER green - interestin to not that not everyone likes enamels! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 21, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2012 Tamiya are alcohol based, but they are as good as it gets in my opinion.....and you can always drink them if things go a bit wrong (JOKE!!) Valejo are next on my list to try out. I too hear a lot of good things about them..... Ah... must make a trip to Modelzone in Holborn as they sell Tamaya paints! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalhip Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I'm only just starting to paint things and decided to use the Vallejo air paints made for airbrush use,but I brush it on and usually thin it down a bit more.The coverage seems excellent and the array of colours is bewildering really. The bottles have an eyedropper top and its very easy to measure the number of drops used,handy for mixing to repeat the colour again. Seems expensive initially but it seems to go a long way and with the eyedropper arrangement there's very little waste. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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