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Testors paints
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 18, 2004 5:31 PM
When I was in Australia a couple years back, I bought some paints at a LHS in Sydney. The line I bought was Testors Model Masters Acryl but instead of coming in a 1/4 oz. glass jar, they were 20mL plastic squeeze pouches.Smile [:)] It had a nozzle at one end and an orange plastic valve to control the amount being put into a pallet/cup. I stocked up on a few and hoped to find some in the U.S., but no joy. Sad [:(] Does Testors only sell these overseas? The back of the pouch shows that they are made in the U.S. Have anyone seen these in the U.S. or Canada? Thanks!
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Posted by genj53john on Sunday, September 19, 2004 2:51 PM
I use these paints but have never seen them in that kind of container. Sounds real handy. Did you contact Testor? You could go to their web site and ask.

John
John
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 19, 2004 8:08 PM
No luck yet from Testors directly, due to the weekend. Hopefully Monday/Tuesday.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 19, 2004 8:40 PM
Dragonfire, that would be convenient and a great idea! No need to use a medicine dropper to transfer paint, no mess, no fuss. I wonder too why Testors doesn't sell those squeeze pouch paints here. Just curious, though: how do you mix it thoroughly before use? Do you just shake the pouch briskly?

Cheers,
onyan
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 19, 2004 9:42 PM
Are there any difference between the TESTOR brand paint (those you see at Wal Mart) and the MODELMASTER brand paint? I know they are made by the same company. But different packaging. I forgot if the price is different too.

Is the Modelmaster a more expensive version in the Testor's paint line?
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 19, 2004 10:04 PM
I'll take a pic of the paint and post it ASAP. For mixing, it's simple, just rub back and forth for mixing them pour out what you need.

As for the Model Master's line, it focuses more on military paint hues vice just the "basic" testors line seen in Wal-Marts, Michael's, etc... Your LHS usually has a rack of Model Masters and may also carry a "Marine" colors rack. Cost is usually the same for the line in the LHS.
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Posted by plasticmod992 on Sunday, September 19, 2004 10:33 PM
The Testors Model Master line features an extensive range of over 150 specific military *Federal Standard colors, for US, British, Russian, German WWII, Japanese, etc.. guaranteed to match colors on the real thing, in almost any given era. The Testors 1/4 oz. colors are, simply, your stndard blue, green, yellow, etc; including a few specific colors, such as Yellow Zinc Cromate and Breret Green, and a few others. All Testors enamels are high quality hobby paint, with excellent performance, for airbrushing and paint brushing. Testors MM Acryl line is fairly new, and are high quality, although IMHO, trickier to use. I depend on the enamels, others have their preferences.
Greg Williams Owner/ Manager Modern Hobbies LLC Indianapolis, IN. IPMS #44084
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 16, 2005 7:46 PM
Here are a couple of pics of what I was referring to. Sorry it took so long...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/dragonfire76/Models/TestorsAcrylreverse.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/dragonfire76/Models/TestorsAcryl1.jpg
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 17, 2005 4:12 PM
Thats cool. I guess there is no reason why model paints can't come in tubes. I wonder if they have these for the enamels too.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 17, 2005 7:45 PM
I-Beam: Only Acryl was in the tube/pouch. Enamels were in regular jars (1/4 and 1/2 oz.) and I only found them in Australia. I haven't seen them anywhere since.
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Posted by Sasarchiver on Sunday, July 17, 2005 7:51 PM
My local model store had these paints the other day. There is a valve to turn of/stop the flow coming from the sachet. I believe they were 25ml sachets. Also was a airbrush attachment that attaches to the sachet then u connect the air. Wasnt expensive £2.99 or something.
Yea weird paints.....gordon J
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