As I am getting closer to gluing the fuselage halves together I had looked at my paint supply and realized I did not have any RLM 71, Black Green. I have been using Model Master Enamels for as long as I can remember and they are just no longer available. I did a lot of looking around on line and in different forums trying to figure what to do. I did not want to go acrylics, but my choices for enamels were limited. I finally decided to try MrColor paints. I ordered white, black, RLM 70, RLM 71 and RLM 65 along with a bottle of the MrColor Leveling Thinner. Tonight I gave them a try. I have to say I think I have found my new Paint! This stuff works great! Not only is the paint very pigment rich, it sprayed out very nicely, light coats or heavy coats it just seems to flow out nicely. It dries to the touch quickly too. In my sample panel shown in the pictures I painted the RLM 65 Blue, and by the time I cleaned my airbrush and mixed the RLM 71 Dark Green I was able to mask the blue with a post it and then the same was true when I painted the RLM 70 Black Green. I am not an expert on colors, so can not attest to accuracy, but will say the RLM 71 Dark Green shade closer to OD than the Model Master color I have used for years. The RLM 65 is also I think a little greener than the Model Master RLM 65 but it is hard to tell. The RLM 70 looks just about exactly the same. I really like how nicely it sprays, I could easily spray fine lines and there is almost no ridge at all between the colors.
The fact that I was able to spray those three colors in 15 minutes is something new to me. I usually paint a color and have to leave it for a day then move on to the next. Some of my older bottles of paint were taking days to dry. I really think this paint will work out well, and probably will be making it my new main paint to stock.
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