Olive Drab addiction- paint
02-22-2022, 04:04 PM
#52
02-23-2022, 01:55 AM
#54
Please remember that the paints I bought and recommended from MCW are enamel paints. I have not tried their lacquer paint so perhaps you can give us a review with your opinions of the lacquer. I know Tamiya has also come out with a line of lacquer paint. Not sure how long they've been on the market but they appeared in my local hobby shop about a year ago. Right about the time they announced that modelmaster was no more.
02-23-2022, 09:07 AM
#56
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I have tried the AK brand and found I didn’t like how they sprayed. I tried various thinners and a few colors. Just me I guess.
the MCW enamels are nice, but have different names than the laquers, the color name they use for od#9 / 22 is the post war FS number, I think it s 233070 or close to it. The actual color of their enamel 319 is fugly. It’s a forest green color, totally wrong….
No company makes all the right colors in the same type of paint sadly.
At my LHS they haven’t restocked some Tamiya colors like od and khaki for a year. I’m hoping Tamiya is fixing their color issue with OD so I can go back to my Tamiya mixture formula as I have 3 shades of 319 for fresh color and fading and shading.
I prefer Tamiya acrylic because it holds up the best for RC I’ve found.
the MCW enamels are nice, but have different names than the laquers, the color name they use for od#9 / 22 is the post war FS number, I think it s 233070 or close to it. The actual color of their enamel 319 is fugly. It’s a forest green color, totally wrong….
No company makes all the right colors in the same type of paint sadly.
At my LHS they haven’t restocked some Tamiya colors like od and khaki for a year. I’m hoping Tamiya is fixing their color issue with OD so I can go back to my Tamiya mixture formula as I have 3 shades of 319 for fresh color and fading and shading.
I prefer Tamiya acrylic because it holds up the best for RC I’ve found.
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02-24-2022, 07:53 PM
#59
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The 1943 color looks like OD No9/ QM22 but the 1945 dated OD613 I am not familiar with the color name though it looks similar to the prior color. Its hard to tell on a PC but lucky you to score those super rare color chips. I wonder how much they have faded over time?
Below is the MCW Enamel color using the 1950s era naming FS 33070 that is the same color as 1940-1943 OD No9/ QM22
Below is the MCW Enamel color for 1944-45 OD 319. It is way too light green. IT comes out looking like modern 383 CARC green ala 3 color Nato cammo green. Its hideous for an OD color. I was surprised his enamel was such a bad color when his Laquer came out so perfect.
This M5a1 is painted with MCW OD No9 /22 and oversprayed with testors dull coat from an air brush because the paint sprays glossy.
The upper hull of the M32 is painted with MCW Laquer OD 319
Below is the MCW Enamel color using the 1950s era naming FS 33070 that is the same color as 1940-1943 OD No9/ QM22
Below is the MCW Enamel color for 1944-45 OD 319. It is way too light green. IT comes out looking like modern 383 CARC green ala 3 color Nato cammo green. Its hideous for an OD color. I was surprised his enamel was such a bad color when his Laquer came out so perfect.
This M5a1 is painted with MCW OD No9 /22 and oversprayed with testors dull coat from an air brush because the paint sprays glossy.
The upper hull of the M32 is painted with MCW Laquer OD 319
02-25-2022, 10:14 AM
#60
If you want, send me color chips of the paints, and I will read them on a spectrophotometer versus the chip. I am a paint chemist by trade (have been inventing paint for 35 years, have many patents and dozens of articles published in peer reviewed coatings journals). They would use solvent based acrylics, not oil based paints for color standards, so color drift is minimal.
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