What’s your favorite clear red paint?

[Spottedlaurel]

On 11/14/2024 at 12:38 AM, Monty said:

Just the one Humbrol user?  I always found it interesting that they offered tins of clear red, clear orange and clear green but no clear blue.  Fortunately Revell's got that covered for us.  

Like @stitchdup I use Humbrol too, both red and orange. Mine is in little plastic pots I must have had for around 30 years now. Got loads left and it still works really well.

I hadn't really thought about the shade suiting older cars, as mentioned by Les, but it certainly looks right on the 1990s and earlier builds I do.

It usually requires 2-3 coats and I find it does tend to run into the corners, so needs applying thinly and brushing out. Mostly I'm painting it on the back of clear parts, but for moulded-in markers and indicators then I lay a piece of BMF down and go over that. I did a quick refresh of an old built-up kit recently which had solid orange painted indicators. Out of laziness I just quickly applied the orange clear over the top of the original paint and even then it gave a more realistic look.

For yellow I use Tamiya X-24 and then Revell #752 enamel for blue, although this came out a little darker than I expected recently and perhaps needs thinning a little.