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Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Counter Notes The Colour Was Never Accurate to Begin With Weekly column · Lessons from the paint counter at WWH · June 2026 We have this conversation at the counter regularly, and it is never a simple one to answer. Someone comes in with a reference image on their phone, points to a colour on screen, and asks which pot matches it. Sometimes the reference is a painting guide. Sometimes it is a forum post. Quite often, for military modellers esp …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Counter Notes Paint Compatibility: What You Can Actually Layer Over What Weekly column · Lessons from the paint counter at WWH · May 2026 One of the most persistent pieces of misinformation we hear at the counter goes roughly like this: "You can't put lacquer over enamel" or "you have to stick to one paint type or everything lifts." People have binned half-finished models over this. It deserves a direct answer. The more accurate framing is th …