Model Railroading > Paint Survey

Whats your favourite type of model paint for brass and plastic....

1. Accu+Paint and/or PBL's Star Brand (basically the same chemistry)
2. Scale Coat I or II

PE

Modelflex, Polly Scale, Tamiya, Golden, Createx in no particular order of preference. I just go by color.

SP_8299 Wrote:
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> 1. Accu+Paint and/or PBL's Star Brand (basically
> the same chemistry)
> 2. Scale Coat II or II
>
> PE


+1

-Rick

Rick Selby
Redmond, WA
Pacific Northwest RPM

+2


TCS - tho ain't used such a star brand yet ...

I use Polly Scale. I have no idea how it works on brass since I have no brass models in my collection.

Dennis

SP_8299 Wrote:
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> 1. Accu+Paint and/or PBL's Star Brand (basically
> the same chemistry)
> 2. Scale Coat I or II
>
> PE

same here.

Cheers,
Harry

Scalecoat I for Brass
Scalecoat II for Plastic

Cabin

Scalecoat I for Brass (don't do much brass but if I did)
Scalecoat II for Plastic (never had a problem)

Joe

Scalecoat I for Brass & Scalecoat II for Plastic. Excellent paint, excellent coverage - beautiful gloss finish easy to decal on. I use Floquil to weather & Testors Dullcoat to seal.

Jeff

Scalecoat 1 or 2.

No acrylic, it's all crap.

I would of agreed with you years ago but not anymore. Been shooting Floquil Arcylic's for 5 years now and I really see no difference. I was a loyal Scalecoat man for years. I really switched because I wanted to be more environmentally friendly. The first 2 years had their ups and downs but in the last 3 years, the paint looks great. Covers well and self levels nicely. The only color that does not cover well is white. Clean up with water is very easy to get used to and I use distilled water to thin. Recently, I painted 2 Overland brass units with Poly. I actually started with Scalecoat I but did not like the finish and stripped the unit and reshot with Poly and it looked much better. I'm Ok with whatever anyone uses but I think your statement below that all acrylics are bad is very off base.

Good luck.

Bruce


ATSF-Freak Wrote:
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> Scalecoat 1 or 2.
>
> No acrylic, it's all crap.

I swear by Poly-Scale acrylics onto a sandblasted surface. Dried using a cheap hair-dryer. Testor`s acrylic flat, gloss and semi-gloss for the clear coats. Microscale decals absolutely burn into the Testor`s glosscoat. Not to start a war, but to me Scale-coat is crap. I`m not really convinced that it actually ever dries completely. The acrylics stand up much better to handling.

TWL

DILWORTH Wrote:
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> Whats your favourite type of model paint for brass
> and plastic....

Like Bruce, been shooting the Floquil Acrylics past couple of years and like it better than any other I tried.

Bob

Ditto for me as well.

1. Accu+Paint and/or PBL's Star Brand (basically the same chemistry)
2. Scale Coat I or II

brfriedm Wrote:
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> Been shooting Floquil Arcylic's for 5
> years now and I really see no difference.

According to the Testor's website, there is no listing for FLOQUIL brand acrylic paint. They do list Poly Scale as the acrylic equivalent. Is this the paint you are referring to?

Rick

Yes.


swsf Wrote:
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> brfriedm Wrote:
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> > Been shooting Floquil Arcylic's for 5
> > years now and I really see no difference.
>
> According to the Testor's website, there is no
> listing for FLOQUIL brand acrylic paint. They do
> list Poly Scale as the acrylic equivalent. Is this
> the paint you are referring to?
>
> Rick