Hobby Lobby Acylic Paint

I have not tried the HL acrylics, but I have used the house brand from Michaels.  I had to thin it a bit more than the popular model acrylics, but it worked fine.  They have an awesome range of colors for when you cannot find the color you want in a model paint.

The popular model paints have a lot of colors for actual ships and planes, but not sci-fi subjects.  I needed some sixties pastels for the Trek Enterprise bridge, and found just what I was looking for.

Tojo72

Vallejo takes some getting used to,need to use their thinner and flow improver for airbrushing.Their Model Color and Panzer Aces lines are excellent for brush painting.

As far as being better or worse then another brand,its all personal opinion.

 

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Vallejo takes some getting used to,need to use their thinner and flow improver for airbrushing.Their Model Color and Panzer Aces lines are excellent for brush painting.

As far as being better or worse then another brand,its all personal opinion.

Is Vallejo a better brand than Testors or Model Masters? Or is that opinion based? Also can Vallejo paint be used for brush painting?

They also sell Vallejo as well. 

I know they sell Testors. I will check to see what else they sell. I don’t remember seeing anything else. 

I’d stick with acrylics specifically use for model kits. I wouldn’t take a chance on some store brand like Hobby Lobby brand since they’re most likely used for artwork, not plastic kits.

I use a lot of the Americana brand at Hobby Lobby.  To make it adhere,  I usually need to primer my plastic and then use saline solution (what I use to store contacts) as a thinner to airbrush it.  But for under a buck a bottle and a million colors, I learned to use it.  I also clear coated it with acrylics, enamels, and laquers and never had any problems with it reacting.  

I agree about buying paint on line.  My problem is that buying it on line in the winter,  I have had it freeze on my front door step if I forgot that I was getting a delivery.