robbe33

That's a picture of the actual Lilla Dan which I'm currently building. The full scale ship is located in Copenhagen. I found a Lilla Dan Billing Boat kit from around 1960-1970 on Blocket (swedish Ebay) that someone had saved for many years. But it seems ok even if it's old.

My main question is which brand of paint to use since I'm not happy with the quality of Humbrol Enamel anymore. And I don't have experience from anything else than Humbrol.

I will check the website you recommended.

Swedish is not a problem since I'm from Sweden . Thanx!

I'm currently building a billing boats, Lilla Dan. In my previous models I have used Humbrol paint (I use brush, not airbrush" I don't like the quality of the Humbrol paint. Is Tamyia a good option, and if yes which Tamyia. Or any other brand? I will order through cornwalllmodels. Also, anyone got a link to a crossreference chart between different brands? For example between Humbrol and Tamyia

Really nice work on the Mariefred! Looks brilliant!

I have the similar NCB Bohuslan at home that I haven't started yert. Will be interesting following your build as there are kind of few NCB build logs to find!

Thank you all for your ideas! I will try some of them! (on scrap material of course!)

Spray varnish could be an option, thanks.

The problem isn't really that it´s getting wavy or uneven. The main problem is that it's grey and blurry, and not clear at all. Almost like a thin grey  film of something. That´s why I thought the Humbrol was causing the problem and that there were better brands for matt clear coat with brush.

Thank you for your comment! My ambition was to use a brush since I have no airbrush availible. But that might be imposiible then.

It's a Lilla Dan, Billing Boat model.

My plan is to use matt clear coat for a mahogny deck. I have tried Humbrol but I don't get the result I want. Instead of grey it's getting a grey tone that doen't look matt at all. It's the same result with 2 different cans. Any tips how to get a good result with matt clear coat? Or any good brand that gives a good result.

Thanks, Robert