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Posted by James N on November 6, 2026, 23:49, in reply to "colourcoats paints"
I have a moderate stock of White Ensign Colourcoats, Model Master and Humbrol most of which are twenty years old now (about 200 colours). I've just finished painting a pied Afghani Northern Alliance Tamiya T-62 and as usual came out a treat.
If you carefully clean away the paint from the seal line on the Humbrol and CC paint tins and ensure the lid is fully down they won't dry out. The MM has to have the seal under the screw cap or they won't last.
None of these brands are now available retail where I live all the shops have replaced them with acrylics, so I use my enamels carefully. 
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Greetings fellow modelers, just curious, i did a little digging into colourcoats paint, is it an offspin of the old humbrol??? the little cans look exactly like the humbrol paints looked..I used humbrol once and liked the paint, but it took Forever to dry (not exaggerating) I'm an old enamel lover, MM paint dried relatively quickly always on the lookout for a good enamel. I like True North paints too but not sure whats going on with them..with true north though, you need to use the paint fairly quickly, it does NOT sit well! I have some I bought about 6 months ago, brand new never opened and its SHOT! on the other hand I have 15-20 YEAR old model master on my shelf thats still like new Cheers guys
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