Hi all;

What is a good acryilic paint to use for plastics.
I have used Humbrol for years but finding them harder o buy local.

hiya joe well their is testors and tamiya acryllics

but Im very fond of vallejo paints.

they have their normal series and also predilluted airbrush paints.
wich i think are really nice.

what about tamiya or polly-s. tamiya can be thinned w/ isopropyl alcohol also. this is what i use as it helps in drying faster. and polly-s can be thinned w/ distilled water. both with many colors to choose from.

I prefer Tamiya thinned with their thinner for airbrushing, but I like PolyScale for use with a brush. I haven't tried Vallejo but a lot of people say it's great.

Vallejo gets my vote!

i use testors model master paints, acrylics and enamels, but there are PLENTY others to try, i've only used MMs and tamiya acryls, i've stuck w/ MM for the most part

Are Vallejo Air paints as easy to use as Tamiya's? I'm about to order some paints and I'm trying to make up my mind. I tries Tamiya years ago and I remember them being very easy to dilute with rubbing alcohol and they dry really fast. Are Vallejos as good?

Ciao bigjoe,
The two best paints (in my humble opinion) are Polly Scale and Model Masters. They go on great, come in a huge range of colors, and the finish is superb. (No, I'm not getting kickbacks!)
Ciao for now
Rob

rob, i totally agree with you, even though those are the only decent paints available to me, i've found them to be wonderful

For military use, Model Master is the easiest to find and has the best range of matched colors. PollyScale is a better buy with larger bottles. Both are excellent, but I find Polly Scale to be a biot better in the airbrush. Vallejo/ANdrea are the top of the heap fir brush painting, a must with figures. Dead flat, no brush strokes, almost oil like blending, though that take s some practice. Easy mixing for sahding ansd custome colors. Long work time on the pallette. They are forgiving of brushes touching paint that has already been applied.

Avoid Tamiya if at all possible. It basically can't be brushed anymore, since touching applied paint with fresh paint will lift it and destroy the finish.I find it airbrushes very grainy and rough. Custom mixing colors is almost impossible due to its quick skinning time. The selection of colors is pitiful. IMHO, Tamiya would do well to go back to the drawing, er, painting, board and start over, though that would mean redoing the painting instructions on all their instruction sheets.