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Ukraine acrylic paints
Posted by Topesio on Friday, September 12, 2014 4:09 AM

I've found this acrylic paints from an Ukraine Model Store (good and cheap supplier of eastern brands of kit at low prices).

They are Homa brands and can be found here: http://www.hobby.dn.ua/homa-homa-acrylic-matt-paints-c-217.html

I made a test order, invited by a super low price and found them not bad if not quite good.

I tested lots of matt colours as well as same metallic.

Applied with brush (I don't have airbrush) seems to flow very well, requiring little thinning I made with distilled water.

In a local forum someone said it's better thinning with vodka (yes!!!! he said really vodka....) but the colors seems to be water based rather than alchool based so I think maybe he was kidding....

Some of the bottles had pigments very addensed, requiring me to long mix in the bottle with a wood stick in order to regain paint; maybe dued to old stock of colors meybe not, anyway just an annoying and time consuming activity, not a real drawback considering the price.

The only real drawback is fidelity versus real colors, lacking any conversion table of corrispondence for German, American, Russian or other military standards.

I ordered also their specific retarder which really seems more a thinner than a retarder, but sure worth the price of the few bucks it costs.

They sell also pigments, putty and glue, all really low priced.

Anyone else experimented with these colors?

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  • From: Brunswick, Ohio
Posted by Buckeye on Friday, September 12, 2014 11:28 AM

No, haven't seen these before.

Mike

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  • From: near Nashville, TN
Posted by TarnShip on Friday, September 12, 2014 11:54 AM

He might have been serious when he said to thin with Vodka.  I just bought a can of Denatured Alcohol a while ago,,,,,,and Vodka would have been cheaper. I also would have had the benefit of having something on my bench to "aid my skills" if I have a bad painting day.  Heck, it could be argued that "natured Alcohol" (booze) is more pure than Denatured. (there are additives in Denatured that pure wouldn't have)

Thanks for the link to another Acrylic paint line,,,,,,,,I sort of accidentally collect those, I guess.

Rex

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Posted by Chrisk-k on Friday, September 12, 2014 12:34 PM

I use Tamiya acrylics, which are alcohol based.  I'd better use vodka, beer or wine as a thinner.  I guess mixing Tamiya Clear and red wine would result in the authentic primer color for WWII German armor.

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Posted by Topesio on Friday, September 12, 2014 12:40 PM

Well, apart for the "interesting" way of thin them , I think they're absolutely worth the price. I ordered a couple of dozens of the different tones together with some armor kits from SKIF. All for a really inexpensive amount if compared to other stores. And, by the way, people on shop are very fast in shipping.

Just **be careful** to check shipping charges (they provide you with the total weight of order and you can check the total amount comparing with shipping charges table). Made three orders, all three times the amount of shipping charges was wrong.....Of course after just a couple of e-mail all was settled right and i made the final payment via Paypal.  

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  • From: near Nashville, TN
Posted by TarnShip on Friday, September 12, 2014 1:10 PM

Do people *really* not know that there are more kinds of Alcohol that just Isopropyl ?

Isopropyl might work just fine with Tamiya paints,,,,,,but, in a lot of cases you can't swap Isopropyl with either of the Ethanols and get the same performance. Wine and Beer mostly aren't Ethanol, they are mostly water, with a small percentage of Ethanol in them. (and with loads of other impurities in the mix)

The reason that Vodka makes sense is that it is actually more pure than Denatured Alcohol.

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Posted by Chrisk-k on Friday, September 12, 2014 3:34 PM

TarnShip,

I was just kidding. No way to thin acrylics with beer or wine. If I had Vodka, I'd drink it.

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  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Friday, September 12, 2014 3:45 PM

Hello!

Some say vodka is good for that because it's a mixture of water and alcohol in perfect proportions. The way I understood the people talking it's about the drying time - more alcohol quicker drying, more water - slower drying.

It sure would help the crippled Ukrainian economy to get some money from the west.

Good luck with those paints and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

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  • From: near Nashville, TN
Posted by TarnShip on Friday, September 12, 2014 4:42 PM

ah, okay, Chrisk-k. Sorry for not getting that when you posted it.

it does make sense to me now. I was just commenting originally about how cheap Vodka (80 %) is compared to  Denatured Alchy. It makes me think I wasted my money by paying for a quart of Denatured.

Of course, I don't have to make a mark to make sure the Denatured doesn't "evaporate with the cap on",,,,,,,like Vodka might around certain teenagers.

Rex

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Posted by Chrisk-k on Friday, September 12, 2014 7:59 PM

I recently bought a can of denatured alcohol.  It was more expensive than premium Vodka!

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