Where is a good place to get german color paint on the net and what brand would be good?

QUOTE: What brand would be good and where would be a good place to buy them on the net? Squadron?

I may be wrong but I think the most commonly used German colors are either Vallejo, Gunze Sangyo, or Humbrol. I've seen posts about them, but can't remember the brand. I have ordered from Squadron several times and have had great service from them.

QUOTE: What is you guys opinion on enamels vs acrylics

I use acrylics almost exclusively now. About the only enamel I use is primer and metallizer and I use rattle cans for them. Being able to clean up with water and actually breathe in my basement after painting are great incentives to me.

The main problem with acrylics is their fast drying time. It takes some getting used to, but using low pressure and spraying close to the model eliminates most of them. I've been using acrylic retarder to slow the drying time down, and since I started using that I haven't had much problem with them.

The other problem is that acrylics don't adhere as strongly as enamel or laquer. It is necessary to clean your parts before spraying because acrylics don't have any solvent in them to dissolve any oil or grease left over from the molding process. Strong masking tape can also pull acrylics loose.

Getting used to them takes a little time, but I've been real happy with them so far.

I have switched to Vallejo myself...as my lhs has the full monty of their model colors. Their reference system is all screwed up as far as i can see. I would take your walk around book with a writen list of colors from your kit instruction, and use your walk around book to make the right choices. vallejo's ROCK from the airbrush...soooo little thinning is required and often when bubild up accures, shown by spattering all you need to do is open your brush wide or water a qtip and clean the tip on the fly. Enjoy those paints. Oooo another thing...they are dead flat when dry.

i don't know where on line you could get them but polly Scale has good german colors i think.

I bought practically the entire Gunze range of Luftwaffe acrylics a few months back, and the finnish with these paints is great from an airbrush. If you thin them with Tamiya thinner, it actually contains a retarder, as mentioned by MusicCity, which further improves your work.

No messing around mixing paints as with Tamiya, and the colours appear spot on to my eye.

Best of luck with the 109.

Karl

Great websit e to get all your paints including Gunze and Tamiya is www.monkeydepot.com. I am working on a Stuka B-2 and they had all the RLM paints I needed and then some.

I still could use some advise on airbrushing if any one has any tips.

I still mask with scotch tape and the old fassion "steady" hand.

Jim

I have not bought from this site but it looks interesting.

http://www.aircraftcolors.com/index.html

If you are looking for enamels, the Testors Model Master line is hard to beat. Humbrol paint is about as good, but the range is not near as large and you have to have one of their charts to determine what the color in a particular can contains. Their current system does not break the paints down to country like MM paints do but are just scattered through their line. And they only list their number on the can, no colors (ie RLM 65 Light Blue, RLM 79 Sand etc). Gets frustrating at times.

I don't do that many acrylics (got too much money invested in enamels to switch) that much, but based on the little I have used them and what I read from the guys who do use them would reccommend Gunge or Tamiya.

You need to remember if you order paints on line, it may take a little longer for the items to reach you because they'll have to come ground. Federal Regs won't allow them to be shipped by air.

Hope this helps a little.