Simple paint rack for your hobby paints

Frank Crenshaw post this video on his facebook page.   The page is called Frank's Plastic Modeling page.  Franks shares his modeling tips and techniques.   He has come up with a way to make  inexpensive paint racks.    The two two you will need is peg board and corner bead for drywall corner.    Here is the video.

Post war Navy blue.

This is off of Hyperscale.  
Corey in Colorado suggestion as to which paint company has the bet match.


Overall I like the Gunze Mr Color gloss sea blue C365 that comes in the US Navy special box, it sprays wonderfully, is very durable and looks pretty good.

The old Model Master GSB looked good too, I liked the slight green hue that it had. In my opinion, it didn’t perform quite as well as the Gunze did.

I have recently tested the MRP navy blue 14 and thought it performed well and looked ok, maybe a little too grey. I’m not educated in color theory so I’m not sure about the terminology, but the MRP gsb didn’t look as “deep” a blue as the Gunze or Model Master blues. I guess this means the MRP is less saturated?

Corey


Here is a test strip I did during my last Gloss Sea Blue build. Totally unscientific and stupidly sprayed on a Corsair wing (all I had at hand) but maybe it will give an idea.

Also, interestingly (and confusingly), Gunze Navy Blue 14 and MRP 14 look just about exactly the same (Gunze 14 not shown on test strip above.)

What current model paints match 16440 gull grey

article on correct Gull grey 16440

The mystery is solved for now

.The contestants are, from left to right, Humbrol Acrylic 5129 Satin US Gull Grey, Humbrol Enamel 129 Satin US Gull Grey, Mission Models #069 Light Gull Grey FS16440, Model Master Acryl 4692 Gloss Gull Gray FS16440, Mr. Color C315 Gloss Gull Gray FS16440, and Mr. Color C325 Gray FS26440.

Mr. Color C315 takes first place, followed by Model Master Acryl.  Mission Models takes third place and will match fine when lightened.





Follow the link to the complete story.  Hope this enlightened all of us modellers

Part 2 on Gunze Products

The new water based paint line.

New clear coats.

Mr Hobby? Gunze thinners

Here are some charts about Gunze thinners.  Personally I have found these thinner to be excellent. There is a lot of confuse over what types of thinners to use with the primer or paint you are using.  Maybe this will clear it up some problems
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Gunze GSI Aqueous paints

The Gunze latest paint line.  According to the maker the paint flows on the model better. Plus the surface is very durable.  This is good as some of the paints I use scratch to easy from handling.  My plan is to purchase some of this paint shortly.