nheather Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 What make is the acrylic paint you get in the little pots in some airfix kits. I recently got an Airfix jeep from Aldi, just a bit of fun so I’d thought I just use the paint tyat came with it. It was terrible, reminiscent of when Airfix did enamels back in my distant childhoid days. Is it Humbrol or something else. I found the paint grainy no matter how much mixed as if the pigment is course grained. I was brush painting, coverage was good, but although thinned the finish was lumpy with the grains of the pigment. As I said, very reminiscent of the Airfix Enamels I tried in the 70s. The paints in the kit were of no loss but if they are Humbrol acrylics I will be giving them a wide berth. Cheers, Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 They are Humbrol. Humbrol has been reformulating the acrylics and the newest pots [18.2ml ones] are much, much better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 I've used the ones in the Dornier/Defiant kit and was quite impressed. This from an enamel user. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 My experiences are generally positive. My only gripe is that on the RAF aircraft Airfix persist with 30 for Dark Green - it isn’t anywhere near! Still it’s good enough to mix with Sky to get a home-brew version of Interior Green (78). Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 I am currently experimenting with the paint in a Airfix YellowJack Gnat 4 hours ago, nheather said: What make is the acrylic paint you get in the little pots in some airfix kits. was the original question and the box is certainly branded Humbrol - but I guess the maker is a bit like Airfix kits themselves although branded Airfix the factory that produces them could be in UK, China or India. Despite a search on the internet there is no reference to a Humbrol Factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nheather Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 33 minutes ago, Paul821 said: I am currently experimenting with the paint in a Airfix YellowJack Gnat was the original question and the box is certainly branded Humbrol - but I guess the maker is a bit like Airfix kits themselves although branded Airfix the factory that produces them could be in UK, China or India. Despite a search on the internet there is no reference to a Humbrol Factory. Really asking whether it is Humbrol paint, the same Humbrol paint that I would get if I bought a full size pot of Humbrol. Cheers, Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nheather Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) Just to give it the best opportunity, just tried some of the 86 (Light Olive), added some thinners gave it a really good stir. Brush painted on some scrap, can’t ague about the coverage but the finish is horrible - it is like someone has put some very fine sand in the paint - how on earth can it leave the factory like that? I normally use Vallejo but have to mail order those so I was looking for paints that I could source locally now and then - which means whatever hobbycraft stock (humbrol, revell and tamiya). But really put off Humbrol now which is a shame because I strongly beleive that Humbrol enamels are still the best model paint that I have ever used. Cheers, Nigel Edited January 14, 2019 by nheather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 its humbrol, some of its good, couldn't get hold of xtracrylix sky ages ago, so setted on using a big pot of hu90 made up from the all the little pots ive accumulated, brushes on a treat so much so its going to be a while before I will go back to XA if at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventura11 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 17 hours ago, nheather said: Just to give it the best opportunity, just tried some of the 86 (Light Olive), added some thinners gave it a really good stir. Brush painted on some scrap, can’t ague about the coverage but the finish is horrible - it is like someone has put some very fine sand in the paint - how on earth can it leave the factory like that? I normally use Vallejo but have to mail order those so I was looking for paints that I could source locally now and then - which means whatever hobbycraft stock (humbrol, revell and tamiya). But really put off Humbrol now which is a shame because I strongly beleive that Humbrol enamels are still the best model paint that I have ever used. Cheers, Nigel I agree with you, Nigel. I had the same problems with the small pots. About Humbrol acrylics ( 14ml pot) my experiences are positive. Acrylic 163, 164, 165 and 123 works fine for me. Kind regards, Paolo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 On 1/14/2019 at 10:16 AM, nheather said: What make is the acrylic paint you get in the little pots in some airfix kits. Rubbish? Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapperastro Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 My advice: Only buy Humbrol acrylic from the new 18.2ml pots. It is very good paint. Anything else is a lottery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicarage Vee Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 On a whim, because what else was I going to do with them but bin them, I pooled the ones I had (same colours, obviously) , thinned them and put them in dropper bottles. So far, they have sprayed quite well but I fully expect some to be complete failures. It was better than chucking them out, they've been useful for undercoats at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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