With the demise of the popular Floquil, and now Scale Craft model RR paints, does anybody have any experience with Badger model railroad paints?
I thought I read the Scale Craft got bought by another company and will be produced again in the future? I’m trying to remember where I read this…
Craig Townsend said:
I thought I read the Scale Craft got bought by another company and will be produced again in the future? I’m trying to remember where I read this…
That would be nice. Any experience with Badger?
Steve , I used it on the centerbeam car I just built. It works good . I used Polly Scale before and it seems similar to me.
Steve,
A little experience with Badger paints. If memory serves they were spray only formulas that were thin and could not be brush painted effectively. I have a couple of bottles kicking around.
Scalecraft paints have in fact been purchased. link to new company http://minutemanscalemodels.com/ looking forward to purchasing from them once they get going.
Al P.
Steve Featherkile said:
Craig Townsend said:
I thought I read the Scale Craft got bought by another company and will be produced again in the future? I’m trying to remember where I read this…
That would be nice. Any experience with Badger?
The last time I had a major paint project I used Polly Scale. I’m not sure what I will use when it comes to another painting project. I have heard decent reviews of Micro Mark’s paint line, but it’s certainly not as big as PS was.
Craig, yea. I was kind of hoping that Micro Mark would bring back more of that line then they did.
Polly Scale paints being gone and how to use additives to get acrylic craft paints to behave like PS was article in June, I think it was June and not July issue, don’t know where mag copy is buried right now, of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine.
I use them a lot. They’re formulated for the airbrush, but many will brush paint very well, often without any brush strokes visible in the surface once it dries at all. The lighter colors are a little translucent, and will require multiple coats. The darker colors coat in one coat. They stick very well to bare metal. I use them to paint locomotive driver tires, and have applied it to the copper boilers of my live steamers. I’ve shot them through my airbrush (when it decided to work for me), through Preval paint sprayers, and with a brush.
I’ve noticed that the paint will slowly thicken over time, but dropping a drop or two of water into the paint brings it back to its normal self.
The colors I’ve used are not very flat in terms of finish, even the dust and rail brown colors end up being something of a satin finish. I got a jar of “flat black,” but it was a very dark grey with a satin finish. Don’t know if that was a fluke or if that’s what their version of “flat black” is. (It looked darker on the paint chip.)
One exception to the “it’s not quite ‘flat’” rule, is their matte finish. I use that to paint metal siderods on locomotives, and it takes the toy-like sheen right off of them.
Later,
K
**Kevin Strong said:**I got a jar of “flat black,” but it was a very dark grey with a satin finish. Don’t know if that was a fluke or if that’s what their version of “flat black” is. (It looked darker on the paint chip.)
Have had that with the Testors Model Master enamel, and Acryl paints. Their classic 1/4 floz enamel flat black is still flat black.
Craig Townsend said:
I thought I read the Scale Craft Coat got bought by another company and will be produced again in the future? I’m trying to remember where I read this…
I found my source about Scale Coat.
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/22901
The link to the new manufacturer is
Craig Townsend said:
Craig Townsend said:
I thought I read the Scale Craft Coat got bought by another company and will be produced again in the future? I’m trying to remember where I read this…
I found my source about Scale Coat.
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/22901
The link to the new manufacturer is
Cool, thanks, Craig. Taking a look at the Minute Man site, they list Scalecoat I and Scalecoat II paints. They don’t include a description of any difference.
I noticed that as well, and have no clue what the difference is.
Anyone know?
I think I remember the Scalecoat 1 versus Scalecoat 2 difference being that series 2 was much kinder to styrene than series 1 was/is.
OK, here’s the summary I got to Steve’s inquiry:
Al Pomeroy’s experience with Badger as a “spray-only” product. Mike Dorsch and Kevin Strong report using Badger paints successfully.
Apparently, Badger is water-based and thinned by water.
Scale Coat is now owned and marketed by Minuteman Scale Models. No comparison established between Badger and Scale Coat’s products. The presumption I have is if a shop carries only one of the two — use it and give a write-up in the REVIEW section.
Wendell