The future of Model Master

HL is going to take a hit when they reopen

Thanks for the heads up! I kind of like minimizing the lines of paint I buy. I was thinking about buying some Model Masters. No sense starting down a dead-end street.

stikpusher

 

 

Glamdring

For 10+ years, I have ONLY used the Model Master glue with the thin metal tube applictor.  This is highly problematic!

I wonder what the shelf life is, I will have start buying a bottle every time I can find one.

 

 

 

 

If you see some, buy it. The new bottle has the cruddy plastic tube. And it comes with a plunger wire that is too short. They are getting way too chinsy on their stuff. My last bottle of the Model Master stuff was quite a few years old, but as good as day one... until I left it on a hot sunny windowsill too long and it split at the seams due to heat expansion...

 

I tried using their non toxic years ago, if I recall I liked the idea of it not slowly killing me, but I detested the plastic applicator.  I could never get it to flow properly, and was constantly clogged.  I tossed it after two projects. 

This was the main reason I switched to the bottle with the metal precision applicator...even with the horrible fumes and cancer warning

 

My LHS still has a stock if their website is correct, I may order several to be set for the next 10-15 years.  I hate to be that guy who panic buys and hoards, but I don't see a choice if it is going to be discontinued.  At least I won't be cleaning them out and putting it on Ebay at absurd prices.

Major bummer. Grew up on the little square bottles (still have some purchased more recently) and my ENTIRE paint line is Model Master. It’s the one all the shops have always carried, from the not so local hobby shop, to hobby lobby to michaels or Joann fabrics. I have gotten some AV acrylics, but have only used a drop or two for brush painting thus far. First Wingnut wings, now testors. This is getting rather depressing..... Hope you all are healthy as can be and well- Rudy

Any opinions on how long the acrylic line is good for, unopened and kept from freezing?

Am looking at stocking up on my most used colors while still available.

RudyOnWheels

Major bummer. Grew up on the little square bottles (still have some purchased more recently) and my ENTIRE paint line is Model Master. It’s the one all the shops have always carried, from the not so local hobby shop, to hobby lobby to michaels or Joann fabrics. I have gotten some AV acrylics, but have only used a drop or two for brush painting thus far. First Wingnut wings, now testors. This is getting rather depressing..... Hope you all are healthy as can be and well- Rudy

 

I'm with you.  I don't like to use paints I have to mail order. If I am working on a model and I run out of paint, I hate to go online, order it, and wait and wait.

As far as acrylics, I have used Michaels general purpose acrylics in the bottle, once I learned the thinning ratio.  This was for a ship model where there was not a good hobby paint match for the ocre I needed.  They do not have low saturation colors needed on military vehicles or planes, but I am not averse to mixing.

 

I usually buy my Metalizer spray cans from Hobby Lobby. I bought the can on the left frpm Hobby Lobby just shortly before if closed. The can on the right was purchased via the Internet and arrived on Friday. This was the first time that I saw a Metalizer spray can in a tan colored label.

 

The silver can on the left mentions "Testors".   I turned the tan colored can around and it had a big "Rust-oleum" label on it. There was no mention of the word Testors.  Has anyone else seen these 'tan' cans?

That is interesting a name change but not the product?  Wishful thinking on my part.

That would be good news.

Rustoleum means nothing oleum. I loved the Model Master enemels as they were great for air brushing. Thank God for card models. Plastic never more.

Too bad.  Model Master Enamels have been my go-to paints (with the exception of Alclad when required) since I got back into the hobby in the late 80s.  I still have a fair stock but I'll have to find a new source for some of the colours I need for certain projects.  A misguided decision for Testors, in my opinion.  I guess they're cutting off their nose to spite their face.

Someone in the know has informed me that Revell's enamels in the little tins are actually Humbrol enamels.

murph

Someone in the know has informed me that Revell's enamels in the little tins are actually Humbrol enamels.

 

Maybe Revell will have a better distribution network than Humbrol.  I have a hard time finding the latter.  I don't like a paint that I have to mail-order.  If I am working on a model and I happen to run out of a paint color, I sure like being able to drive to my local Michaels or Hobby Lobby to get a bottle quickly and not have to hold up the build till the mailman delivers.

 

murph

Someone in the know has informed me that Revell's enamels in the little tins are actually Humbrol enamels.

 

They don't appear like it. At least not in my experience. I’ve used both lines. Revell paints have a different consistency than Humbrol. They also have different color selections. It’s not simply a case of different tins and labels containing the same paints. Revell also made, and perhaps still makes, a line of “airbrush ready” enamels in larger glass bottles. 

Perhaps the same paint factory in Europe produces them, but to different specs. Like Testors was still producing Floquil enamels at the same time as they were Model Master. If you’ve used both brands, you know how they performed differently.