![]() It turns out that I just didn't look hard enough. G'day AllFirst of all ,I have asked about this problem on another site due to the fact that I was unable to find a suitable place to post here. I suppose the point to this is, has any one else had this problem and if so did they find a solution?. It maybe just me but I find it much easier to buy my supplies as I need them and I am more of a "spur of the moment " builder than a "forward planner" and even mail order can be a problem when shipping paint. It would seem that the simple answer would be to switch to another brand such as Model Master, however the nearest stockist is a considerable distance from me while Humbrol is readily available in my area. I have tried thinning it with every liquid known to man with little success and from what I hear from those who have contacted Humbrol, they have not received much satisfaction. After an eternity waiting for stocks of this paint to disappear from the shelves, tins of enamel bearing the Union Jack and labelled "made in the UK" began to appear on the LHS shelves but while not quite as bad as the previous lot were still dicey to use. The local Model Shop suggested that they had heard that in an effort to cut costs, Humbrol had moved their paint production to China and that this had caused the problem. ![]() Any attempt to use them on a model ended in disaster. Then recently we began to get tins where the oil base and the pigment seemed to have separated and resisted all attempts to mix them. Later came the dreaded tinlet that you never seemed to get the last dregs out of but the contents remained excellent. When I first used Humbrol enamel more years ago than I care to remember, it was made by the Humber Art Oil Company, it was petroleum based and thinned with petrol and came in 6 or so glass Phials on a card of RAF and Luftwaffe etc colours and when brushed on, the only way in those days, dried to a beautifully satin finish. First of all ,I have asked about this problem on another site due to the fact that I was unable to find a suitable place to post here.
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