Vallejo acrylic paint

[KeithT]

Recently I acquired a Bachmann American style passenger/parcel car. V s/h it looked as if it had been painted in high gloss paint with a rusty nail in the dark.
Not fancying stripping it back I decided to try matt varnish first.
Current mobility issues meant visiting my closest model shop wasn’t a favoured option and so I had a look online. All the usual familiar names looked to be overpriced and slow on delivery until I came across Vallejo acrylic. It is a name I had heard of but never encountered previously.
Minimum order was 3x17ml bottles, more than I really wanted but same day delivery.
I ordered at midday yesterday and the order arrived within 6hrs!
This morning I tried a brushed test piece - far too thick but as it is water soluble I added a little water to just a few drops.
The coverage is astonishing, those few drops of paint covered the entire sides and ends of the coach.
I now need to find a use for 2 bottles and 98% of the 3rd bottle.
My wife has taken up painting and so I foresee most if not all of it going there.

 

[playmofire]

I'm using Humbrol acrylic from Hobbies, buying online and find that very good in gloss.

Could we see a photo or two, please?

 

[maxi-model]

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[FatherMcD]

For those interested in US prototypes here is a handy colour reference chart. Max

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[maxi-model]

There is a handy colour match reference PDF available at this link. If you are into US prototypes. Max Resource Center

 

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[JimmyB]

I used these paints for my OcCre Street Car, they seem to be very good, I will be giving them a go in my air brush sometime soon

 

[ColinK]

I’ve used them, note they come in two different versions.
- Model Colour which is for brushing.
- Model Air which is the correct cansistency for airbrushing.

They airbrush better than Lifecolour acrylics which I find tend to clog my airbrush.

 

[KeithT]

I'm using Humbrol acrylic from Hobbies, buying online and find that very good in gloss.

Could we see a photo or two, please?

Very little to see, all I have done is to cover the gloss green which highlighted the irregularities in the paint beneath, with a flat varnish.
It has worked well saving me the chore of stripping the old paint.
The “lost” Alpine hiker will be given his marching orders !

 

[Rhinochugger]

Very little to see, all I have done is to cover the gloss green which highlighted the irregularities in the paint beneath, with a flat varnish.
It has worked well saving me the chore of stripping the old paint.
The “lost” Alpine hiker will be given his marching orders !

Yeah, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but there are times when you think, why one earth did he do that?

The matt varnish has done a good job

 

[KeithT]

Yeah, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but there are times when you think, why one earth did he do that?

The matt varnish has done a good job

What I found especially puzzling was that the original paint finish seemed to have peeled or been stripped in patches yet, the decals were undamaged,
Strange.

 

[PhilP]

Perhaps the decals cut UV damage to the original paint?
Or an over-coating of varnish did likewise?

PhilP