Humbrol Acrylics - what's the story?

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Bruce Probst - 04 Jul 2007 00:55 GMT

Many years ago I purchased a number of Humbrol Acrylics, which were
new to me at the time. I still have them and I like them a lot, I
find them very easy to work with. Unfortunately I only ever purchased
a small number of them and now would love to get more, but they seemed
to disappear from all the hobby shops that I've visited in recent
times.

A friend of mine in Newcastle (Australia) is telling me that Frontline
Hobbies there are now displaying a new range of Humbrol acrylics (and
also Lifecolor acrylics, another paint range that I can't seem to find
anywhere in Melbourne).

Are these new, new, as in new from Hornby? Or have Frontline just dug
up some old stock from somewhere? Just what is the story with the
Humbrol Acrylic range any way? And what about Scarecrow's brain?

Bruce
Melbourne, Australia

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Rusty Gunn - 06 Jul 2007 08:40 GMT

Hi Bruce

You might want to try The Model Place in Lonsdale St between Elazibeth St
and Swanston St or Hearn's Hobbies in Flinders St.

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> Many years ago I purchased a number of Humbrol Acrylics, which were
> new to me at the time. I still have them and I like them a lot, I
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> Bruce
> Melbourne, Australia

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flak monkey - 06 Jul 2007 09:33 GMT

> Hi Bruce
>
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>> Bruce
>> Melbourne, Australia

Apparently, they're not terribly good -
http://gregers.7.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=4245
That's not a massive surprise, as the old range was nowhere near the
standards of the rest of the pack. Don't think I'll be abandoning Lifecolor
just yet.

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Bruce Probst - 09 Jul 2007 00:40 GMT

> Apparently, they're not terribly good

As I stated in my original post, I have found them to be very good,
over a decade after I purchased them. That's why I'd like to lay my
hands on more of them ....

Bruce

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Bruce Probst - 09 Jul 2007 00:29 GMT

On Jul 6, 5:40 pm, "Rusty Gunn" <cher...@yourjacketoptusnet.com.au>
wrote:

> You might want to try The Model Place in Lonsdale St between Elazibeth St
> and Swanston St or Hearn's Hobbies in Flinders St.

I was in The Model Place on Friday afternoon, they certainly had no
new Humbrol stock there (or at least nothing but the usual dusty range
of enamels). Ditto for Victorian Hobby Centre in Swanston St.

I haven't been into Hearn's Hobbies for a while ... of the three
stores in Melbourne's CBD, they tend to have the poorest range of
stock. Although to be fair I wasn't looking for paints the last time
I was there.

Bruce

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