Model Master ACRYL vs Polly Scale I needed a new bottle of flat white so I purchased Model Master ACRYL flat white in the military colors section. I saw Polly Scale flat white in the railroad section. Both are acrylic. What's the difference, if any? Can I spray my new Model Master ACRYL military flat white over Accuflex primer grey? Thanks.
I have my first attempts with painting and decaling undecorateds. 13 cars so far. I have been using Dullcote, but it has not been on long enough to age. I did a few with Glosscote and they seem to look fine.
Sprayed ACRYL over Accuflex I sprayed the ACRYL over the Accuflex last night. It seems to work. :biggrin9xs:
The difference between the Acryl flat white and the Polly Scale white. Really the big difference is that Polly Scale needs to be thinned just a bit while Acryl is ready to airbrush. The formulas are somewhat different. Personally I have had better results with Polly Scale setteling and leveling. For everyone: A good rule of thumb, you can apply acrylic paint over a solvent paint and vise versa, as long you allow the base coat to fully cure before going over it with the next coat. Model Master, Testor and Floquil enamels require at least 48 hours. Scale Coat and Model Master Lacquers require 24 hours. If you apply any paint as a second color over an un-cured base, you may have bubbles in your second coat as the solvents are still evaporating in the base coat.
Here is a comparison of Polly Scale flat, 50 percent diluted, painted over a black Kato F3A and compared to a stock Kato F3A. Both are factory paint jobs; I have detailed a little. Maybe I shouldn't have thinned it; I don't know. I have to say that the grayish engine still looks good to me. Just a little paint weathering, I guess. Stock F3A factory paint: Flat coated F3A: This is just an interesting topic, to me. Thought I would bring it back up.
