Vallejo Model Color 17 ml Acrylic Paint - Brown Sand

Very handy I was the perfect colour

This is not too easy to use, but it does what it's supposed to do when you get it on the surface you're using it to mask. Big chubby fingers and small models make it hard to remove but I find cocktail stick works quite well to start getting the mask off.It is best to use a brush to put this product on but DO NOT use your best modelling or art brushes, this is a quick drying rubber based product so if you use a brush have some warm clean water nearby to wash the brush immediately or the brush will end up like hair with chewing gum in it ONLY WORSE.Allow this product to dry before brush painting near it.

Modellers are a tribal lot with preferences for paint, model manufacturers etc. Most of all paint.Now, I'm in that rare group who don't really have a huge opinion on each manufacturer because frankly every major brand I've used works well. Any problems are of my own making or the paint is ancient.However, my overall choice is Vallejo because of a few reasons. Firstly having returned to the hobby a few years ago I came across Vallejo paints in the super handy dropper bottles. A real revelation to someone who for years struggled with crusty Humbrol enamel pots. That immediately made me a little bit biased towards Vallejo.Next, Vallejo have a huge range of colours. More so than any other manufacturer and this makes colour matching any model easy.Now, the bit where people get hot under the collar and tribal. How good the paint is. Well, in my opinion Vallejo paint is excellent. I've never had any issues using it in five years apart when I make a mistake mixing to spray or the paint is old and lumpy. Even then I filter the paint and a couple of drops of flow improver and hey presto! Back to normal.Coverage is excellent. A couple of thin coats when spraying and a deep colour is obtained.Colour matching given the range of tones and variations is easy to obtain. This particular colour to my eyes matches well with the colours actually used when I compare to the real items in Bovington Tank Museum. I appreciated one has to also scale it to suit and in general a little lighter is often better for scale effect. This particular shade seems to work very well on a 1:35 scale panzer.Overall, my go to paint manufacturer.

Good coverage, but needs watering down before applying else colour saturation is too deep

It does what it says on the tin

Great paints

This paint is superb quality. It's quite thick in the bottle, so you can (and should) thin as needed for your application. I was also pleasantly surprised that the nozzle doesn't clog easily, and is easy to remove if it needs a clean through.The dropper bottle style is great for most model painting work, if you want to thin to suit, as you just dab a drop onto the palette, no trying to pour out of little cans or bottles with the accompanying dribble down the side.The downside of the bottle style is for unthinned applications, you often waste a bit of paint that you wouldn't if you were dipping your brush in a jar.For drybrush work, the thickness of the paint is fantastic.I have also found that the metallic is consistent with just a shake of the bottle, although I recommend getting some stainless steel aggitator balls to improve this.

Top quality product that you would expect from vallejo.