Airfix 1/35 Ferret

[Stuart]

A 5 wheeled vehicle? Really? ... good start

lol! It's a new thing here in the UK!

[Stuart]

Nice! Are you going to name it? frank Burns comes to mind…

Very cool!

"Honey I Shrunk The Tank!"

[speedgraflex]

Fair enough. I wonder where I've been for all those years... I remember when you first mentioned them! Wow!

[Stuart]

Lol! Sorry Bruce, I didn't mean that comment to come off as Sarcasm or anything, if it did I apologise. I really do think they're good paints - I really don't want to know how much I've spent on them lol! For brush painting the Red and Blue lines are really good. A bit grainy maybe, but they can take a lot of abuse. Yeah occasionally I get a duff set, the USAF SEA camo set I had was very translucent, but that's rare.

[BlackSheep214]

Hakata paints I’ve heard of but never see them stateside.Revell I don’t see too often. Last time I saw them was at a Syracuse area hobby shop a few years ago.If I recall, they were in tins similar to Humbrol paints. I’ve seen their glues at Hobby Town in my area though.

[keavdog]

I've used Hataka orange line (lacquer) with success. They're pretty nice and have a good catalog. Revell email enamels are excellent in my limited experience. Megahobby and Hobbytown carry them.

[speedgraflex]

Fair enough. I wonder where I've been for all those years... I remember when you first mentioned them! Wow!

Lol! Sorry Bruce, I didn't mean that comment to come off as Sarcasm or anything, if it did I apologise. I really do think they're good paints - I really don't want to know how much I've spent on them lol! For brush painting the Red and Blue lines are really good. A bit grainy maybe, but they can take a lot of abuse. Yeah occasionally I get a duff set, the USAF SEA camo set I had was very translucent, but that's rare.

Not at all. If anything your comment reminds me that "oceans of time" have passed since joining the forum and somehow I remember you writing about these paints much more recently!

[BlackSheep214]

I've used Hataka orange line (lacquer) with success. They're pretty nice and have a good catalog. Revell email enamels are excellent in my limited experience. Megahobby and Hobbytown carry them.

My local HobbyTown carries Tamiya, a few Vallejo Model Color, and a couple of brand of Warhammer colors.

[Stuart]

I've made some pretty good progress on the Ferret, I've finished painting the camouflage (my guess-ti-mate of Cypress camo) and I'm in the process of doing the detail painting.

It's not my best work, but it'll do.



Cheers All!

[speedgraflex]

to borrow Kari’s phrase: Wonderful! I wish I could paint like that with acrylics… or are these enamels? Whenever I see the bright red pad I think Humbrol enamels.