Tool Tuesday 16th July 2024 Real color & ATOM Paints

[@themodelstudent20]

Ever since you re introduced me to the hobby 6yrs. ago I've spent gobs on paints, tools & kits... and have enjoyed every second of it. Thanks for all that you & crew do!!!!!

[@sparker4614]

The Atom paints also thin well with Revell Aqua thinner and Vallejo thinner.

[@FinsburyPhil]

I've gone 100% acrylic recently and I really enjoy using the AK3G and ATOM ranges. Any plans to review the new AK Real Colors acrylic markers?

[@ian4675]

The plastic bottles have a tendency of going hard at the bottom. Much harder to shake the bottom lose imo. Glad I kept the glass bottles and will just refill.

[@steenandersen1163]

I love the ATOM colors, they are my new goto colors for both brush and airbrush. I thin them with 3rd gen, but only 10-20% otherwise i feel they get to thin. I have never really gotten 3rd gen to work with airbrushing.

[@CrazyKitBuilder]

Just little Thank You after using advice as jumping off point I am still happily using 3 Gen paints 😊

[@RavenMorpheus]

I've had a Fengda 183 for about 18 months now, the slightly more expensive one with the Iwata style floating nozzle. It's replaced my H&S Ultra at nearly 1/3 the cost. Absolute bargain.

[@jozuavanlangenhove6586]

Hi Phil, how does the Fengda airbrush spray compared with the expensive brands?

[@laszloharsanyi8320]

Thanks for the review! Unfortunately the new RC colours are not the same as the old ones - at least not the colour. I have a glass bottle SCC.15 and bought one in the new "livery" and they are VERY different shades of green. Not slightly, very :(. I also tried the AMMO and those are not exactly sturdy. Very nice to spray them, lived up to the hype, but even after a few days of curing if I scratched the paint with my fingernail it left a mark. Didn't removed it, but the scratchmark was visible. It became shinier than the otherwise very matt paint.

[@florymodels]

Good to know! I only used them on the test but I'm now hearing that the drying time for the ATOM paints is 48 hours or more.

[@chrisgoblin4857]

Thanks for the video Phil, been looking into the Atom series of paints and trying to find out what sort of thinner to use with them. Not sure if I am ready for the leap to spraying lacquer paints and they look to go down super smooth.

[@doctordirk6316]

Apart from modelling I restore old m/cycles and recently ordered some parts from Strasburg which travelled clear across France and entered the UK within forty eight hours. I recieved a demand for import tax which I expected and sorted. Now two weeks and two Emails later, no response and no parts! Royal Mail is Fecked!

[@borgao]

It's very annoying all the problems with parcels in the post...even I stopped ordering in the UK......but we all know the reason for that. It wasn't a good choice, I think.I´m sorry for that. Cheers

[@stephennutkin2477]

Mind you even letters coming from Holland can take a week why is that ?

[@supersergio7617]

what's your standard mix?

[@florymodels]

For real colors 70 thinners to 30 paint and the ATOM acrylics 50/50, Hope that helps

[@leo2a7dk]

Ohh Phil... You cut back to you when She was obviously sad.. Nice touch. This world is getting crazy. People are gunning/stabbing each other down on our own streets. And we are afraid about terror. You are just Shutting down the "little mans" way of living. I am by no means saying that your business is small, but I hope you get my meaning. Bad guys get their guns, but you get overflowed by paperwork. This is NOT the way... Regards from Denmark....

[@florymodels]

Hopefully we can get this sorted as it's hurting small business in both the UK and EU :O(