After all these years, What have you found to be the best paint for your working Subs

[mike dory]

O.K. Guy's, After all the years, what have you found to be the best paint for your working R/C Sub Fleet? Mike Dory

[crueby]

One I have found recently is the Duplicolr spray on engine enamel with ceramic. Made as a high temperature paint, it is generally tough and abrasion resistant. Not a lot of colirs, but good for basic black on main hull. No baking on needed like most high temp paints.

[eckloss]

I'm going to second the DupliColor. I get it from my local auto parts store. The basic primer comes in a very dark gray, almost black. Perfect for nukes. There is also a brick red primer that matches anti-fouling red very well. I've also found both, plus a light gray that I use for first layer priming, in high-build formulas as well. Good for covering and leveling out slight scratches or sanding marks. Dries quickly and is tough as nails.

[JWLaRue]

...in general Testors ModelMaster for good scale colors and handles the usual bumping and banging that all of our subs get.

Used to use Krylon for the basic red/black for U.S. nuke boats, but ever since Krylon reformulated their paint it's been crap.

-Jeff

[sam reichart]

Once upon a time, Floquil made a great paint that I used on my Thor LA. I'm pretty sure (too lazy to check at the moment... ) it's no longer manufactured.

[chips]

Once upon a time, Floquil made a great paint that I used on my Thor LA. I'm pretty sure (too lazy to check at the moment... ) it's no longer manufactured.

Testor's bought Floquil a few years ago, Testor's discontinued most of the railroad colors. The Floquil line used to have several different colors that were great for shading a boat: Engine Black; Tarnished Black; Oily Black; Oxide Red; and Special Oxide red.


I use a lot of Testor's Model Master Acryl paints, with a clear coat. On my Disney NUATILUS, I used several different colors of AlClad II lacquers: dull aluminum; steel; burnt iron; exhaust manifold; and pale burnt metal.

[thor]

The Tamiya lacquer line is very close to Floquil in color selection & quality. I've been using it for a few years and I really like the stuff.

[tommydeen]

Yes floquil i though had great colors that suited us well
I found a new paint that is an enamel but havent tested it yeat
And the colors are matched to the old floquil colors
Its called “true-color paint”. They have a grimmy black that looks
Good

http://trucolorpaint.com/

[QuarterMaster]

One I have found recently is the Duplicolr spray on engine enamel with ceramic. Made as a high temperature paint, it is generally tough and abrasion resistant. Not a lot of colirs, but good for basic black on main hull. No baking on needed like most high temp paints.

I'm going to second the DupliColor. I get it from my local auto parts store. The basic primer comes in a very dark gray, almost black. Perfect for nukes. There is also a brick red primer that matches anti-fouling red very well. I've also found both, plus a light gray that I use for first layer priming, in high-build formulas as well. Good for covering and leveling out slight scratches or sanding marks. Dries quickly and is tough as nails.

You folks have any specific P/N's for those colors? Should be on the can.

Quite a bit to choose from at their web site.