Rapido proto-paint Anyone know of a dealer?

[thomasjmdavis]

I've been getting ads from Rapido for months on their new paint.  The newsletter says they have shipped to their US distributor.  Walthers shows a few colors in stock, with the note "discontinued when sold out"- in any case, not the colors I need (chiefly CN Green #11 - which I am assuming is the green for the 1954 passenger scheme).

Does anyone know of a shop in the US, that does internet/phone/mail orders?  Has anyone painted anything with Rapido paint?  Any recommendations on which Paasche tip size to use?

Thanks in advance for any info,

Tom D.

[mplsjct]

I was going to post a link, but then realized this was a different paint from Tru-Color, and, it's acrylic, which makes me interested, too.

Anyhow, Scale Model Supplies in St Paul has a ton of model paint, you might want to try them...

http://www.scalemodelsupplies.com/paints.html

[Missaberoad]

Perhaps Jason @rapidotrains could shed some light...

[thomasjmdavis]

Perhaps Jason @rapidotrains could shed some light...

Tried Rapido a while back, but all they could tell me was that they had shipped to the US distributor. If I understand correctly, their contract with the distributor insulates them from the hobby shops- so they could tell me it was on the way, but not which shops were carrying it.

Of course, if Jason or others want to jump in here with more info, he/they are certainly welcome.

Maybe these things just take longer than I expect them to, and 5 internet dealers will be advertising by the end of the week.  But I have a couple locomotives waiting for CN #11.  I would use Badger, but their green is just not right to my eye.

[thomasjmdavis]

Finally found Proto-Paint in the USA from an Ohio company that is selling through eBay- and has a good selection (Search "Proto Paint" and you should find them- they also carry a wide variety of other model paints and supplies).  Got mine today and shot some of the CN Green #11.  Overall quite happy.  It is subject to the usual water based acrylic problems- I had a little spatter at one point, and it wants to dry in the tip (temp about 72 and 40-50% humidity, so not that).  I will see if I can find some retarder so it doesn't set so quickly.

Really impressed by the color- looks quite close to CN green on Rapido and MT passenger cars- and I think it will probably improve after a coat of clear flat after decals.  Vast improvement over the Modelflex I was using previously.

Tom D