n2ri wrote:same as plastic model kits paints from hobby shops.
Yes.
I've included a photo of the types of paint I use. All of them are acrylics, which clean up with warm water, and work well with plastics; I've used them on ABS and PLA with success. I've even used acrylic paint on ABS after its been smoothed with acetone vapor.
The larger bottle is 'craft' paint you can get at Hobby Lobby, Michael's, etc. There are different brands: Ceramcoat, Americana, Delta, Folk Art; they seem to work equally well. I apply these with a brush. I haven't tried airbrushing them, it would require considerable thinning with acrylic thinner.
The smaller bottles are more of a 'hobby' paint; the Tamiya is intended for plastic model kits, and the Vallejo is geared toward wargame figures and tabletop miniatures. I use brushes and airbrush on both. I cannot think of a reason Testors acrylic wouldn't work equally as well, I just don't have any in my arsenal at the moment.
The tanks in post #29 were hand-brushed with the Tamiya and Vallejo, the Tiger in #54 was mostly airbrushed with the two paints; details like the treads, roadwheels, and towing cables were hand-brushed.
When building plastic scale models, I switched from enamels to acrylics years ago, so I cannot comment on how well the enamels do with ABS or PLA.
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