Floquil/Poly S alternitive

Testors is once again making the railroad colors only not in the floquil/polyscale lines. I think it's their Master line or something like that. There are currently 15 of the railroad colors with more coming as I understand it.

 

As Dave says above I have been using the 99 cent acrylics from Hobby Lobby and Michaels, they do a good job on a lot of things. I don't do any air brushing though, only brush it on.

I've used both in the past. I tried the Micromark line of paint but eventually settled on True Color. I purchase it from www.harborbeltlines.com   It has become my go to paint for airbrushing. I do thin it with Acetone. About 1/3 Acetone to 2/3 paint. Seems to work best with my setup although the bottle stays ready to spray. Doesn't seem to cover well with a brush. But many of the colors are now being offered in a brush able line. I use them  mostly for weathering. 

 I did paint my coal dealer which can be seen on the Sunday Scenic post from a few weeks back using only an airbrush. I had always used a brush in the past.

All good advice!

 

FWIW....Tru-Color paints are available through Horizon Hobby Distributors and their retailers. 

 

Our (LHS) RR customers are accommodating the transition very well.

 

And, yes, I understand that Testors will be releasing under their standard labels more and more of the railroad colors.  IMHO, we still have LOTS of choices.

 

And, please don't forget Weaver's line of Scalecoat paints, I & II....available direct or through Walthers and their retailers.

 

KD

Try Weaver Models

Their paints come in bottles and spray cans Mostly RR colors but they are adaptable

 

I found a couple of sources on line that still have the Floquils in stock. I tried the Tru Color but of course the shades are distinctly different than the Floquil of the same name. For example, Floquil Tuscan Red and Tru Color Tuscan Red are very different.

Not to hijack the thread's intent, but...

 

Which one's version is 'correct'?......Floquil or Tru Color??

 

In my mind it's a bit of a rhetorical question, since I would seriously doubt there is an absolute, certifiable, undeniable 'Tuscan Red' for the model railroad hobbyist.  In fact I remember this same discussion about 50+ years ago when the then-standard, 410M paints, passed the paint-standard baton to Floquil.

 

Yep, they're different. 

 

KD

 

 

In my case the right one is the Floquil since that's the one I used first!

Home Depot color matching system.

 

Just take any color paint painted on a small area or take the actual object to Home Depot and they will match it.

Floquil enamel and Pollyscale acrylic paints I am saving for locomotive and car painting prior to decaling, I purchased from Hobby Lobby Delta Ceramcoat and Folk Art acrylic paints for painting buildings and track side weathering. These are thick pigmented paints, I thin these paints with water and brush paint, no airbrushing. Also these paints for 2 oz. are under $2.00 and O Scale people can be painted with either of these paints. Both Delata and Folk Art have many colors, for track weathering I mix 50% Delta Raw Sienna and 50% Folk Art Rusted Pipe.