02-24-2019, 01:35 PM
I have one bottle of Floquil Pullman Green, made when Floquil Products Inc. was the company's registered name, and they were located in Cobleskill, NY. I can't find any info on when they moved to New Amsterdam, or when they switched from the square bottles. like the one I have, to the round ones, of which I have 17. It has Floquil's trademark feather on the label, and that was registered in 1969, so I doubt that the paint pre-dates that time. I first used Floquil paints in the mid-'50s, but the bottle mentioned is not from that period (unless it was very old stock when I bought it, probably in the early '70s).
I also have a couple of Floquil paint charts and their book, 1966 edition, on Painting Miniatures.
While I wouldn't attempt to use paint from that bottle for airbrushing, it's a very dark green, and perfect for brush application on the outer face of the wheels on freight cars. Every so often, I add a little lacquer thinner to the bottle to keep the paint useable.
I also have a number of bottles of Floquil's Polly S, along with colour charts, which date from 1984. This is not Pollyscale, which followed a couple of years later, and was, in my opinion, the best paint ever offered by Floquil, and superior to Testor's Model Masters paints, too.
I have about a dozen bottles of Tamiya paint, dating from the late '70s. I use them only occasionally, and mostly for small jobs using a brush, although I have airbrushed it in the past.
Wayne
I also have a couple of Floquil paint charts and their book, 1966 edition, on Painting Miniatures.
While I wouldn't attempt to use paint from that bottle for airbrushing, it's a very dark green, and perfect for brush application on the outer face of the wheels on freight cars. Every so often, I add a little lacquer thinner to the bottle to keep the paint useable.
I also have a number of bottles of Floquil's Polly S, along with colour charts, which date from 1984. This is not Pollyscale, which followed a couple of years later, and was, in my opinion, the best paint ever offered by Floquil, and superior to Testor's Model Masters paints, too.
I have about a dozen bottles of Tamiya paint, dating from the late '70s. I use them only occasionally, and mostly for small jobs using a brush, although I have airbrushed it in the past.
Wayne