Hi:
Recently, I tried to correct a painting mishap after I had applied Future prior to decalling. I had been airbrushing both a Humbrol enamel and an MM enamel olive drab shade to appliy a mottle camo on a Me262. The Humbrol color just would not "grab" the gloss surface no matter what I tried in paint thinning or air pressure or roughing up the suface. Frustrated I then tried the MM color and it "grabbed" the surface just fine. My conclusions, for which I would like to hear of any similar experience, are:
The MM enamel paint seems to behave like a "semi-lacquor" - compared to the Humbrol enamel, it dries much quicker and gives more of a smooth semi gloss appearance. Humbrol matts seem to give a very gritty coarse finish and dry more slowly. MM also seems to clean up much easier when washing brushes in regular Varsol [my standard bush-cleaning solvent]. For these reasons, I prefer MM if I can get the color that I am looking for and for the easy-to-open bottles. The Humbrol cans do have a tendancy to skin over once opened no matter how hard you try to clean and reseal the lid.
Have others found that MM seems to have some properties similar to lacquors? I do like using the Tamiya rattle cans for applying large area colors - the lacquor paint lays down beautifully for a smooth semi-gloss finish. I have also found Scalecoat paint [a lacquor base] to airbrush and accept decals very well - unfortunately they specialize in railway rather than aircraft colors.
[I have posted a similar thread in the Paints Forum but I thought I would get a wider response from this Forum]
Alan