Last two kits I painted I have had paint related problems, I`ve used Testors Model Master Enamels on both.
1st was Flat Sea Blue: opened the bottle and found the paint was too thick to use, no way I was able to thin it enough to flow from my air brush, looked like thick pigment only with no thinnig agent ever added. Returned it to my hobby shop and they replaced it and noted that they have had some other complaints with Testors paint lately.
2nd was Dark Sea Blue: opened the bottle and noticed two things. One was the bottle was full almost to the top, second was the paint was super thin, almost like water. When I thinned it to airbrush it was so thin it wouldn`t cover, ran off of the high spots and I had to use a ratio of much less thinner than normal to get it to stick.
This left some spots with a little heavier build up than normal and is taking much longer to dry.
This is leaving me with a couple of questions.
Is there something in the pigment of blue paint that causes it to be harder for manufacturers to get a mixture correct or consistance?
And do I dare chance leaving my painted model in sunlight in hopes of completely drying the paint I was able to use without danger of warping or melting the whole thing?
I`m modeling 1/48 scale U.S. Navy aircraft so am concerned if there is some sort of secrete about blue titnted paint I should know about.
TIA