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a comment and a question:
The Comment:
It occurred to me that with (1) Hornby now owning Humbrol and (2) expanding globally, it would be a great opportunity for them to look again at the subject of premade correct colours for railway modellers. this would widen their market and give the Hornby brand another small presence on shelves that would aid their global presence too.... so even if it was a break even proposition, it would have market benefits for the branding of Hornby...
Given good research and a little courage in colour choice, I think it'd be a winner. (I know that there are "other" brands, but Humbrol is in its own way a strong almost generic brand like hornby .... and it now needs some reinforcement I'd think!)
for UK,
Infrastructure colours
the pre-nationalisation colours
BR colours
privatisation colours
All intended to match Hornbys own models where possible to make "modifying RTR" or touch up easier....
for US
all common railway colours
for EU
all common ralway colours
for AU
common railway colours
Many will be "in common" anyway...
Plus
a range of weathering colours
The question:
I airbrush a lot of models and can do it well - I tend to use humbrol, scalecoat or humbrol enamels plus the odd citadel colour acrylic but am very impressed by some of the airbrushing with acrylics that I've seen demonstrated lately.
It made me think and realise that I actually only use enamels because I've always used them, not because they are better or worse than acrylic.
What sort of paint do YOU use and why do you use it?
Richard
DCCconcepts
a comment and a question:
The Comment:
It occurred to me that with (1) Hornby now owning Humbrol and (2) expanding globally, it would be a great opportunity for them to look again at the subject of premade correct colours for railway modellers. this would widen their market and give the Hornby brand another small presence on shelves that would aid their global presence too.... so even if it was a break even proposition, it would have market benefits for the branding of Hornby...
Given good research and a little courage in colour choice, I think it'd be a winner. (I know that there are "other" brands, but Humbrol is in its own way a strong almost generic brand like hornby .... and it now needs some reinforcement I'd think!)
for UK,
Infrastructure colours
the pre-nationalisation colours
BR colours
privatisation colours
All intended to match Hornbys own models where possible to make "modifying RTR" or touch up easier....
for US
all common railway colours
for EU
all common ralway colours
for AU
common railway colours
Many will be "in common" anyway...
Plus
a range of weathering colours
The question:
I airbrush a lot of models and can do it well - I tend to use humbrol, scalecoat or humbrol enamels plus the odd citadel colour acrylic but am very impressed by some of the airbrushing with acrylics that I've seen demonstrated lately.
It made me think and realise that I actually only use enamels because I've always used them, not because they are better or worse than acrylic.
What sort of paint do YOU use and why do you use it?
Richard
DCCconcepts