With Humbrol/Airfix/Heller in extremely deep trouble, I find myself in need of a new default paint range, just in case Humbrol doesn't revive.
I'm looking for a range of paints, that meets the following criteria:
Easy availability - I'd rather not have to wait several weeks for that one jar of paint to arrive by mail order. Good selection of basic and aircraft colours - I could scrounge up just about any colour I can image by combining the various ranges out there, but chemical incompatibility will bite at the worst of times.. Off the shelf thinner - I want good results with non brand specific thinners, like water, alcohol or white spirits. The brand specific stuff would bankrupt me.
I honestly don't care whether the range is acrylic or solvent based. I have to exclude Revell as a candidate though, as 30 years of experience indicates these paints aren't worth the trouble you invite by trying to work with them.
Does anyone know of such a range? How usefull is, for example, the Italeri range?
Rob