12-02-2009, 08:45 AM
If you wash the plastic models to remove all grease, oils, or traces of parting material used in the casting process, water based paint works fine on styrene. I like to use water based acrylics from the craft store or "Wally World" when specific railroad colors are not needed since the price is about 1/2 for twice as much paint compared to model railroad specific color paints from companies like Floquil at the local hobby shop.