New Revell AG acrylic paint range

[Edward Pinniger]

For any modellers here who use acrylics, Revell have just introduced their own range of acrylic modelling paints.
I wasn't convinced about the quality of these paints at first, but after buying a few pots (I'd completely run out of matt black and my local model shop had run out of Tamiya XF1...), I'm very impressed. When brush-painted, they cover far better than Tamiya acrylics and also don't appear to have mixing/separation problems (this seems to be a problem with many Tamiya paints, worse with some colours than others).
Overall they seem quite similar to Games Workshop/Citadel acrylic paints (intended for wargaming miniatures) in their high opacity + uniform consistency. Unlike Citadel paints they are mostly matt/flat in finish rather than semi-gloss.

Though I haven't tried this yet, they are probably much more suitable for weathering/drybrushing than Tamiya paints, due to their higher density/opacity.
No idea how good they are for airbrushing, as I don't normally use this technique.

The only problem is that there is currently a much smaller range of colours available compared to other ranges (Tamiya, Humbrol or Revell enamels, etc.) - for example, there are only 2 shades of grey. Without mixing colours, there's no way a serious modeller would be able to paint their models entirely with the new Revell range. Maybe if they sell well, the range will be expanded?
Also not sure if these paints are available outside Europe (they are produced by Revell AG).

Anyway, for anyone else unsure about these new paints I recommend trying them. I will probably use these paints for basic colours + metallics, and use Tamiya to fill in the gaps.