Vallejo Model Color 17 ml Acrylic Paint - Black Red/Cadmium Brown

Modellers are a tribal lot with preferences for paint, model manufacturers etc. Most of all paint.Now, I'm in that rare group who don't really have a huge opinion on each manufacturer because frankly every major brand I've used works well. Any problems are of my own making or the paint is ancient.However, my overall choice is Vallejo because of a few reasons. Firstly having returned to the hobby a few years ago I came across Vallejo paints in the super handy dropper bottles. A real revelation to someone who for years struggled with crusty Humbrol enamel pots. That immediately made me a little bit biased towards Vallejo.Next, Vallejo have a huge range of colours. More so than any other manufacturer and this makes colour matching any model easy.Now, the bit where people get hot under the collar and tribal. How good the paint is. Well, in my opinion Vallejo paint is excellent. I've never had any issues using it in five years apart when I make a mistake mixing to spray or the paint is old and lumpy. Even then I filter the paint and a couple of drops of flow improver and hey presto! Back to normal.Coverage is excellent. A couple of thin coats when spraying and a deep colour is obtained.Colour matching given the range of tones and variations is easy to obtain. This particular colour to my eyes matches well with the colours actually used when I compare to the real items in Bovington Tank Museum. I appreciated one has to also scale it to suit and in general a little lighter is often better for scale effect. This particular shade seems to work very well on a 1:35 scale panzer.Overall, my go to paint manufacturer.

This paint is superb quality. It's quite thick in the bottle, so you can (and should) thin as needed for your application. I was also pleasantly surprised that the nozzle doesn't clog easily, and is easy to remove if it needs a clean through.The dropper bottle style is great for most model painting work, if you want to thin to suit, as you just dab a drop onto the palette, no trying to pour out of little cans or bottles with the accompanying dribble down the side.The downside of the bottle style is for unthinned applications, you often waste a bit of paint that you wouldn't if you were dipping your brush in a jar.For drybrush work, the thickness of the paint is fantastic.I have also found that the metallic is consistent with just a shake of the bottle, although I recommend getting some stainless steel aggitator balls to improve this.

I always try to use Vallejo paints, the pigment quality is awesome. They have such a large range of colours in lots of different mediums. If i could afford it i would buy a 72 piece Vallejo Paint Set. You will not be disappointed if you buy Vallejo!

This works well and doesn't have a brush in it like similar ones I've use but that didn't seem to matter. It stuck well and removed easily. The blue colour is a great help when removing it as you can clearly see wear you have put it.

The product is labelled as part of the Model Color range. Vallejos Model Color paints are usually a little on the thick side and require a little thinning. This paint was so thin I had to double-check the label to make sure I hadn't bought a Game Air paint instead.If you intend to brush paint with this then you'll need 2 or 3 coats just so you cant see the primer through it. If you're intending to airbrush then the consistency is fine, maybe even a little on the thin side.

I tried a competitor product, but that was super runny and I didn’t like the results. Then I tried Vallejo and I am very impressed. Let’s just say it is my “go to” for model making from now on.

Very good I brought it to illuminate my door number at night and I covered it with a waterproof paint for the black background very good

Extends the drying time , very well.takes a little getting used to adding the right amount.Too much and the paint goes a bit "buttery", but it does allow acrylics to blend better