Medic
the bulk of the paints are from Three paint companies
LifeColor,,,,,,,,oderless enough and safe enough that Anne didn't detect that I had one open at my PC (right next to her own desl) for an hour
Vallejo,,,,,,some because of filling in missing colors, and some because I hit a sale just as I was switching
and Talon,,,,I currently have only the Aluminum and Steel,,,,,,but, they actually smell nice,,,,,so, I am going to fill in with all the other colors that I need
I had to go with a very limited number of PolyScale and Model Master,,,,,,because I had them from the first switch, and because I hadn't found all the matches,,,,,,,but, a very few of them will stay, and the rest will be upgraded to Vall or Life
the colors run from the Yellow wing era to the SuperHornet era in USN/USMC, the Gray and following SEA USAF, and Japan Air SDF Phanotms, Israeli Phantoms and Skyhawks, German Phantoms, and USAF trainers,,,,edited,,,,,don't forget the Aggressor/Adversary colors, lol
140 colors in all,,,,,with backup colors for almost each slot if I don't like how they all finally turn out against the chips,,,,and since I just did this from November until late January, I don't have a bottle of "favorite" color,,,,if it doesn't please me,,,,it will be demoted and replaced
I use the FS system because for me,,,,,,it is second nature, and very easy,,,,,,others may not like it because they think it is too hard,,,,,,,,,but, for me,,,,,,I like the easy way,,,,,I hit enough hard spots in assembly to worry about paint color choices
I just realized that I have "guideline palettes" for a bunch of paint lines,,,,,,I should gather those together and post them up on the Hangar Deck,,,,might save someone a lot of digging for colors
Rex