Cost of Modelling Paint

There are lots of brands of paints available for scale modelling, we stock a wide range of them, but sometimes it’s hard to workout which is the better value for money as they all use different size jars or bottles, here is a small guide to the price of paints we stock.

	Brand	Bottle size ml	Cost per bottle	Cost per 100ml
1	Ammo	17	2.49	14.65
2	Army Painter	17	2.50	14.71
3	Revell Acrylics	18	2.79	15.50
4	AK 3rd Gen	17	2.65	15.59
5	Vallejo	17	2.75	16.18
6	GreenStuffWorld	17	2.89	17.00
7	Humbrol	14	2.69	19.21
8	Revell Enamels	14	2.79	19.93
9	Mr Hobby	10	2.15	21.50
10	Tamiya	10	2.25	22.50
11	Mission Models	30	6.90	23.00
12	AK Real Color	10	2.65	26.50

Prices correct 12/02/2023 The above is a guide to give you an idea the cost of using these brands. Model paints cost much more to produce than ordinary household paint due to the pigment used, the pigment has to be much finer and so cost more to produce, price isn’t always a factor when choosing a paint for your model, accuracy is much more important, our best selling paints are Tamiya Mini Acrylic, Mr Hobby Aqueous, Vallejo Modelair & Model color, and AK 3rd Gen, these top brands have a wide range suitable for all model paint schemes. The price per bottle/jar doesn’t include thinning, so for example Mr Hobby paints can be thinned at around 70/30 thinner/paint, so the price for Mr Hobby per 100ml comes down to around £6.74 (including the cost of a 400ml bottle of thinners)