Spring Clean Challenge Sassanids Revived
Flat matt finish solved. Goodbye Testors. Hello Mr Hobby.
I love a flat matt finish on my models, especially historicals. However, I also like a durable finish on my painting so use AP dips. This gives everything a super shiny finish and it takes a really good matt varnish to cover this without shine through. I’ve tried all manner of acrylic matt varnishes before and ended up settling on Testors Spray Lacquer (the rattlecan version of Dullcote). I was very sad when Rustoleum decided to stop production last year and everywhere sold out almost immediately – no surprise really, this is the go to choice for scale modellers too.
Long story short I’ve been looking for a replacement ever since. Gerry’s matt varnish exposee recently was helpful but I prefer a rattle can – not had much luck with varnish through the airbrush – it always gums it up and it’s a pain to clean again.
I got a recommendation from a scale model shop to try Mr Hobby’s Mr Topcoat. Here are the test pieces on the Sparabara (Aventine Miniatures). First the old reliable Testors.
Then Mr Topcoat.
I can’t tell the difference in the final results. Wonderful. I’ve finally found a replacement 🙂
Nice, good to know that there is a good alternative out there. I’ve been recommended the Mr Hobby spray primer in the past, it’s meant to be very good.
I’d not heard of them before so good to hear someone else has recommended them. The similarity is so marked I’d speculate that it is the same formulation.