alternative to Testors dullcote? floquil lacquers?

i buy the liguid stuff in the bottle for airbrushing and mix it half and half with thinner. makes it go a lot farther. last time the bottle was around 3 bucks. i omce found a hobby matt that was good for cheap. but i haven't found it since.

If you can find it, oil-based matt varnish from the hardware store thinned with lacquer thinner for airbrush use might do. You can try adding a few drops of Floquil Dust for a really dull finish.

I wonder if anyone has cross matched the Floquil RR colors for military modeling applications?

Scott G. Welch

Flat acrylic varnish, thinned 1:1. Every art supplies store has them...

yea, but I'm looking for more of a "quick n easy" solution, just hate dealing w/ airbrush to spray one or two pieces, for example. Something in a rattle can.

if i ever fins that art stuff, i'll make sure you know. it was really good and i got it a micheals.

in article snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, The Great One at snipped-for-privacy@swbell.net wrote on 9/2/03 12:14 PM:

I use Tamiya Flat Base dissolved in Future at about 30:70. I believe Gunze-Sangyo also had a flat base. I mix it in film canisters (Prefer FujiFilm) and then give it a good shake to get it mixed.

MB

Are you open to an acrylic? Do you have an airbrush?

Polly-Scale Flat seems to dry very matte. I also like Humbrol Clear Matte (enamel). These, in the long-run, are much more economical than Testor's spray cans.

Our own Mr. Sewell has provide many such cross-matches in the past.

:o)

The only thing I use, other than Floquil's Figure Flat, is a ceramics spray called Porcelain Mist. You should be able to find it at ceramics stores. I've never found it at any other store.

-- Chuck Ryan snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.net Springfield OH

Where do you get either of these in the Springfield area?

Bob Fuhrman Springfield OH