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Model Master Luftwaffe RLM Paints

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    April 2013
Model Master Luftwaffe RLM Paints
Posted by eightfooticeman on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 4:36 PM

Hello, I really want to start building some of the German model kits I have and need some advice on the paint. I found these Model Master WW2 Luftwaffe paints online and I'm wondering if they match up well before I buy the whole set? Perhaps some other sets are available but I'm having a hard time finding them. Currently my paint stash only consist of Tamiya and small amount of Vallejo model colors.

Thanks,

Jermaine

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    February 2011
  • From: Bent River, IA
Posted by Reasoned on Friday, May 3, 2013 10:50 PM

Not sure which MM RLM paints you are asking about but all the ones I've purchased seem spot on and haven't been arrested yet by the paint accuracy police.

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    April 2013
Posted by eightfooticeman on Friday, May 3, 2013 11:20 PM

Thanks, I decided on the Vallejo Model Air 16 color RLM set, I hope I made a good choice. I really wanted the White Ensign Colorcoats paint as they looked the best to me but they would not ship it out of Europe.

www.whiteensignmodels.com/.../1

  • Member since
    August 2012
Posted by AndrewW on Sunday, May 12, 2013 8:39 PM

For color accuracy, you won't beat Model Master.  The downfall being (at least for me, in my experience, yours may differ) is that I've never found MM to airbrush nicely nor is it a very 'tough' paint in terms of resilliance for masking.  Vallejo RLM colors are not the greatest match (I recently went through this with their RLM 76, wound up mixing my own) but once it is dry, Vallejo's Model Air is very tough stuff, stands up to masking and tape lifting like a dream.  Hence, now I only shoot Vallejo.  You just have to get around the color accuracy, say 'ok, it's close enough' or get comfortable mixing your own color from their paints.  

That's my two cents, I hope it helps you, and I don't think you'll be disappointed with the Vallejo paints you recieve as far as tenacity.  They shoot through an airbrush like a dream and handle the masking tapes nicely.  Just be prepared to look at it and say 'that doesn't look like 76'.

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  • Member since
    June 2011
  • From: New Zealand
Posted by stevehnz on Friday, May 17, 2013 4:16 AM

If its a match for Vallejo to RLM colours you're after, its hard to go past this cs.finescale.com/.../138929.aspx from our own snapdragonxxx. Fwiw, I rate the Vallejo Model Colour over Model Air for colour choice & performance.

Steve

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