Model Master Lacquers

[fool on the hill]

I've been away for a while. While surfing ebay I've noticed listings for Model Master Lacquers. Similar bottles to the MM enamels but a lighter color on the label. People seem to play fast and loose with the term 'lacquer'. Are these real? Thin with lacquer thinner, fast drying, hard, go on really thin? And wasn't there talk of somebody re-issuing the old style Floquil paints?

[jester292]

The only Model Master Lacquers I've used are the Clear Gloss, Clear Flat, and several of the metalizer shades. They are fantastic. And yes, actual lacquers that are wonderfully thin, particularly the metalizer shades. Thin the clear gloss and flat with about 20-40% lacquer thinner. 

[murad]

mm metalizers do have lacquer on their labeling, apart from their own specific thinner for metalizer they can be thinned via lacquer thinner indeed (be gentle for metalizers are prethinned already!) tamiya yellow cap for example.

[Kurt H.]

There is a line of MM lacquers, they are marketed as automotive lacquers

 

http://www.testors.com/product-catalog/testors-brands/model-master/auto-lacquer-paint

 

When they first came out I tried the spray cans on a car body, and it was pretty easy to work with. I have also used the paint on a model rocket with good results. I have never tried the any of the bottled lacquers.