Testors 1/4oz Enamels Versus Model Master

Hey Greg,
Here's my opinion .... and I stress, this is just an opinion.

To me the small Testor's Bottles are leftover's from days gone by. With so many good quality paints on the market, we as modellers have a great selection to work with. The Testor's line still has a market though, and that's the "mom buying little Johnny his first kit and 4 bottles of paint" market.

Now the Model Master's line of paint is an excellent choice. I've used it in the Acrylic form, though I prefer to use Tamiya Acrylics. The colour selections are great, they take well to thinning, and don't seperate from the pigments anywhere near as bad as the old Testor's line.

Just my

I agree with Robert......I think over the years more and more people started realizing the potentials of airbrushing and scale modeling....so Testors was forced to come up with a line of paint that could be airbrushed easily. If you notice, those little bottles of paint are THICK!!! Where as the MM paints are relatively thin. I still have about 20 of those little jars though. It's hard for me to throw something away that I paid good money for!!!

Greg Welcome to the forums. I also have to agree with Robert and Heath, but the 1/4 oz. bottles do come in handy for dry-brushing and weathering in my opinion.

I would join in the chorus. Testors is my last choice v. Model Master or Taimya, but occasionally I have to go to Testor for an odd color (e.g., rubber) that I can can't otherwise find at the local hobby stores.

or Yellow Zinc Chromate if you want enamel.