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Posted: Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 05:47 AM UTC
A trip to Town to get some bargains at Comet''s Open Day resulted in an unexpected bonus - a brand new range of model paints from Hannants!

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
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Posted: Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 05:59 AM UTC
Those paints do look to be a good range Rowan. Have you tried masking over them to see if they lift when the tape is removed?
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Posted: Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 06:11 AM UTC

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Those paints do look to be a good range Rowan. Have you tried masking over them to see if they lift when the tape is removed?


Hi Martin

That's a very good point! I hadn't, but I have now and there was no lifting at all! I'll add that to the text.

Cheers

Rowan
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 04:27 AM UTC
Hi again

I forgot to upload the pics for RLM 72 & 73 so, to save you wading through the review again, here they are:





As you can see, Xtracryix'x RLM 73 a perfect match for the paint chip in Michael Ullmann's book, while RLM 72 is almost spot on for the original chip, but rather darker than the one in the replacement supplement, which is supposedly more accurate.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 05:02 AM UTC
Let's hope we'll see that range this side of the Pond...

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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2004 - 03:17 AM UTC

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Let's hope we'll see that range this side of the Pond...


Hi Ollie

You're in luck... Two Bobs are distributing Xtracrylix.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2004 - 04:28 AM UTC
Ok, good.

Now I need someone to import them up North!

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Ok, good.

Now I need someone to import them up North!



Hi Ollie

I'm doing my best! At least Two Bobs are on the right continent!

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2004 - 05:41 AM UTC
Oh, I'm not blaming you Rowan!

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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2004 - 06:28 AM UTC
Hi Ollie

I got an e-mail from David Hannant today, so maybe I should ask him what the situation is regards Canada...

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2004 - 02:10 PM UTC
Awe shoot.... acrylics... I prefer enamels though
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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2004 - 06:17 PM UTC
I used Xtracolor Enamels for years and I must say I'm surprised it took them so long to convert to Acrylics ..

As far as color-matching and avilable colors were concerned, Xtracolor were truly brilliant.. The news that they have gone into Acrylics is a superb piece of news...

What this is going to mean (for me at least) is that I will definitely be going back into aviation modelling - the Tamiya garbage will be going into the trash-can as will the Humbrol stuff...

As they have promised, they are going to increase their range - next thing which will be needed will be WW2 colors -both U.S. and British. With the new releases in U.S. Naval Aviation, I think I see an Avenger on the horizon....Jim
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