Captain Triggers

In my opinion, alchy thinable acrylics are the best, pretty much fool proof if thinned well. much better than model air and other tip drying pva crud!

Decent paint.

Spicy, would look the part next to a monza!

Right, First off, I'd like the most recently active topics to be at the top of the discussion rather than the most recently started, and next, the double posting isuue needs to be sorted, because it freezes and if someone clicks the frozen post button it gives a double post. That's all really, C.T.

Most of our names seem to have changed during the forum updates. But anyway, back on topic, I don't build airfix kits that often anymore because I mainly focus on cars these days, and airfix's selection is frankly pretty poor. but I'd say that a good 65% of my aircraft collection is airfix, and I have a solitary K3 in the cars area.

That box is giving me Merit grand prix vibes thinking_face lovely thing all the same, must be rare as hen's teeth these days, I'd dread to think of the price, no doubt an expensive kit even in it's day!

Why post here when you can get more attention on britmodeller or the ATF?

Lovely models, the VI is a strange bird...

+1, I prefer to thin my paint in the bottle, if at all, because it saves time and effort when all you want to do is paint an undercarriage leg or a car dashboard. Dropper bottles are good for putting the paint in the airbrush, but useless if you have to thin it in the cup and it splashes and ruins the cleaning that you have just finished on your expensive airbrush. At least with tamiya, if you bottle thin it, it's not going to overflow. And there lies my issue with humbrol, can't bottle thin it because it would overflow, so if anything bottles with enough space to add thinner and a little ridge to show how much thinner you need to add to make it airbrush ready is the way forward. thinking_face

All very solid suggestions in my books.

And that's why I don't use them, however, it would be nice not to have order all my paints online, or have to pipette XF into my airbrush every time I want to paint something in a colour I don't have, or haven't thinned yet. My local model centre only sells humbrol paints so I'll still have to order online even after whenever the shops open. The world mainly no longer brushes paint by hand, and Ammo By Mig is a good example of a paint that can do both.

Yup:

My point exactly. The Majority of local model shops don't sell airbrush suitable paint, and the majority of modellers now use airbrushes.

What I, and I think several other modellers would like, is to pay a bit more money for more accurate (looking at you H30), and better quality, thinner paints, as Humbrol's street cred on the hobby scene is at an all time low. Some decent paint to rival Mig Ammo and Vallejo would do wonders for modellers and the business, as well as keeping prospective modellers from being put off by starter set paint. The dropper bottles, a good attempt, but being no doubt for airbrush users is just not going to cut the mustard, it being too thick in my opinion. Take a look at Hataka, they do both brush and airbrush orientated paints, although they aren't exactly useful being hard to get in single pots and certainly not in my local hobby shop. And on too enamel, and all I have to say here is that a return to the old recipe from 30+ years ago and a return to the Authentic Colours range. That's all really, This would be so much more exiting for me than most kits next year, Pretty please Humbrol? CT

I was thinking about that a while back, maybe it could be a thing in official stockists.

No, he is talking about this: https://www.youtube.com/c/quickkits/videos

Oh dear, still on this are we...

If you are scared about the mostly harmless glue then this isn't the hobby for you. On a more serious note, it's ok in short bursts but there isn't really another option, but humbrol precision poly or revell contacta are about the safest glues that you can get.

A Will's Finecast Frazer Nash TT in 1/43, but it's been 3 weeks and it still hasn't arrived. slightly_frowning_face

I'm surprised that Aoshima don't cover it! Mind you, the non rebox thingy has obviously gone out the window!

I'm surprised that Aoshima don't cover it! Mind you, the non rebox thingy has obviously gone out the window!

Would you care to read this? https://uk.airfix.com/community/blog-and-news/news/airfix-club-update-2021 It's hardly Hornby's fault really, as I know that a large proportion of members got their packs on time. Besides, now that they have admitted their mistakes, which I thought was jolly decent of them, all this is slightly outdated. I admit, it should have been done properly but at least they aren't ignoring our complaints! So when the new club Mk.2 comes out, your membership will be transfered to the new club if you so desire at, I believe, no extra cost unless it has run out, but I doubt at that time it will be the case. I'm not affiliated with the company in any way, I'm just bored with the endless moaning of a minority of members/customers. C.T.

I have heard bad things about canopy fit on the storch, not made it personally, but it's something to be wary of.

It's 2016 that didn't have a catalogue, but then nobody really liked it.

Well, It's back. C rikey appears to be a banned word though