New Humbrol Rail Colour range

"simon" wrote

Had them in stock for a while but they've had a very luke-warm reception from my customer base. The choice of colours seems extremely odd, and none of the really popular colours from the old railway range are included.

John.

Understand, your northern customers only want popular colours, not the classy ones like Crimson Lake :-)

Cheers, Simon

"simon" wrote

LOL - it's stuff like track colour, rusts & weathered black that's most in demand - none of these in the Humbrol range.

John.

In message , John Turner writes

Sorry to interrupt, but: what is track colour?

In new Authentic Rail Colours isnt RC402 rust and RC401 Dirty Black ( ie weathered black) ?

Cheers, Simon

"simon" wrote

Sorry, did I miss those.

However 'Track Colour' was the most popular 'Authentic Colour' in the old Humbrol railway range, and indeed was so popular it continued in production long after the railway range was discontinued, only to disappear itself a few years ago despite still being a genuine big seller in my shop.

John.

Possibly, these are the newly released 'Authentic Rail Colour' range. Cant find a list of them on the website but they all have the RC prefix to numbers. water based acrylics.

Cheers, Simon

Track colour was very useful, not only for colouring track. Not impressed with recent Humbrol enamels though, more like ink than paint, very poor coverage and a propensity for not ending up dead matt. Locally it was all I could find. Tips on alternatives appreciated.

Mike

Mike Smith wrote: [...]

Acrylic (water-based) artist's or craft paints. No solvent fumes - much healthier for you.

There are very few situations where they may not satisfy. Surface prep is the same as for enamels (thorough cleaning, and undercoating on metals and some plastics). The glossy ones don't provide the same high shine as enamels, so that's one case where enamels may be preferred.

But for most model applications they are IMO equal to or superior to enamels. They are unsurpassed for any model that you will age or weather. Because they are water-based, you can handle them like water colours - layer thin washes to build up the effect you want. Etc.

Now the _old_ Humbrol were amazing. I refurbished the wooden handle of a kitchen spatula over 40 years ago, using a nice creamy Humbrol yellow. Baked it at about 250F. Most of the paint is still on it!

HTH

Strange, I have had no problems with matt enamels. Done a couple of locos with them and theyre definately dead matt. I do use a bit of thinner, but not much. Did you give them a good stir first ? I stir them rather than shake.

Cheers, Simon

"simon" wrote

shake.

Bet you take your Martini the same way! ;-)

On a serious note I always used a small stirrer (made from a bent paperclip) in the jaws of my vertical drill. A minute or so with that whirring away in the paint would guarantee a good mix. I don't suggest removing it from the jar whilst the drill is still operating, but other than that it works really well.

John.

Class always shows

Cheers, Simon