I have returned to model making after a break of several years, and have been sorting my paints.
They're all enamel, mostly Humbrol, but include Gloy, Precision, Xtracolor, BMW/Red Label, and Modelcolor, which I think was Heller's own brand. Some of them are quite old, but I've checked a random sample (alright, three tins) and they still seem OK
I used an old 1/4" brush and dusted under the rims of the lids so nothing would fall in when they were opened; and washed out the little plastic storage containers & trays.
I sorted them into the different categories - Luftwaffe, RAF, USAAF, general colours like red, white etc which includes some of my own mixtures for exhausts & tyres; and so on
These categories were stored in their own plastic box or tray, of which I had to buy a few more.
I also stuck on my own labels to avoid peering at the tiny printing the makers use
I found I had accumulated quite a lot of duplicates, and even triplicates, so I'm keeping one tin as 'in use', the others all went into a larger tub as spares, or to be used as primers, or own mixtures
The paintbrushes had their bristles cleaned in white spirit, then the entire brush was washed in warm soapy water to remove any possible grease & grime off the handles
I've obtained some stiff white card and am gradually making up my own colour charts.
The most arduous part of this work was having to eat all those Ferrero Rocher chocolates to obtain the empty plastic boxes & trays.
They're all enamel, mostly Humbrol, but include Gloy, Precision, Xtracolor, BMW/Red Label, and Modelcolor, which I think was Heller's own brand. Some of them are quite old, but I've checked a random sample (alright, three tins) and they still seem OK
I used an old 1/4" brush and dusted under the rims of the lids so nothing would fall in when they were opened; and washed out the little plastic storage containers & trays.
I sorted them into the different categories - Luftwaffe, RAF, USAAF, general colours like red, white etc which includes some of my own mixtures for exhausts & tyres; and so on
These categories were stored in their own plastic box or tray, of which I had to buy a few more.
I also stuck on my own labels to avoid peering at the tiny printing the makers use
I found I had accumulated quite a lot of duplicates, and even triplicates, so I'm keeping one tin as 'in use', the others all went into a larger tub as spares, or to be used as primers, or own mixtures
The paintbrushes had their bristles cleaned in white spirit, then the entire brush was washed in warm soapy water to remove any possible grease & grime off the handles
I've obtained some stiff white card and am gradually making up my own colour charts.
The most arduous part of this work was having to eat all those Ferrero Rocher chocolates to obtain the empty plastic boxes & trays.
