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Jscottw

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Scalecoat Paint
« on: June 23, 2023, 09:44:40 AM »
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Does anyone out there know the status of Scalecoat paint?  I was getting used to using their products and then they just went offline. 

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Re: Scalecoat Paint
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2023, 10:48:51 AM »
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Gone.
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Re: Scalecoat Paint
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2023, 11:23:00 AM »
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Just gone?  If you go to the website it says returning soon or was that just hopeful thinking?

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Re: Scalecoat Paint
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2023, 12:55:36 PM »
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There are rumblings on a couple of forums(trainorders being one) that someone has or is trying to purchase it.. I saw a teaser on a FB modeling site in late winter/early spring.
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Re: Scalecoat Paint
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2023, 12:57:22 PM »
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Hopefully someone purchases it, seems like every time I get used to using something new there is a change.

John
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Re: Scalecoat Paint
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2023, 04:42:14 PM »
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The current (or maybe "ex" now) owner purchased the Scalecoat line from the original owners not all that long ago, and moved manufacturing to New Hampshire. From what I read on the Interwebs (here), he just stopped making the product.  I suspect the problem might be with all the new regulations he would l need to comply with regarding "stinky paints".  I also hope that the entire line gets picked up by someone else.  These were really good paints.
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Re: Scalecoat Paint
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2023, 02:58:30 PM »
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The shop did close down without warning or notice that I saw. There was rumor on those other forum(s) that the glass jars used for the paint got scarce during the pandemic and supply chain fun issues that followed. I have read in those same forums where folks who had pending paid orders did not receive product. All I know for sure is the site was up when I was calling around to put group order in with some club members and a few days later the site was down/gone when I went to order. But like you I hope it makes a comeback as it is great paint.
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Re: Scalecoat Paint
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2023, 11:53:22 AM »
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I too hope that Scalecoat is resurrected...and soon.  The very best model railroad paint in my opinion...Scalecoat II, and I've used it for years with top-notch trouble-free results...

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Bob Gilmore
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