What are people buying?

[Shahbahraz]

See, this is what happens when you leave the country for 27 years, you miss out on all this gossip.

[Etranger]

Thanks, ET. One of the 1:600 folks has a Greek caique - might be H&R*? Landing/rescuing a raiding party would make a great scenario. Interesting that they describe the SBS as "Army" - was there little/no input from the Andrew at that time?

(* I'm going to need to go and look that up now, you drive-by barsteward you..... )

Probably SDD, who had one in their long OOP range, I've got one stashed away. SBS was army(-ish) in WWII, & the postwar successor was RM/RN IIRC.

[Jeremy]

These. Really like their weathering enamels, but these look easier to use.

[Shahbahraz]

OK< what's 'grase' especially semi-grase? UK spelling for graze? Nope... 'Generally Regarded As Safe & Effective'? so semi-grase is not something I would be crowing about.

Let us know how you get on with them. I would suspect that buying them as a set means that certain pencils will remain largely unused, and that you will have to purchase an entire set to get the light rust pencil when you still haven't used the Strong Ocher(sic).

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

Isn't "Strong Ocher" like Crocodile Dundee?

[Jeremy]

Looks like I should just bin them now then?

[Etranger]

Quite possibly, Baron.

Those pencils look like they're similar to the pastel 'crayons', or indeed 'pencils' that you get from art shops (and usually a lot cheaper!).

[Jeremy]

Quite possibly. But unlikely to be cheaper overall as I’d have to buy entire sets

[goat major]

They’ve always looked interesting, I’d be interested in how you get on using them Jeremy. I guess they offer a slightly different texture to either enamels or pigments and may be handy for small touch ups I’ve found good rust effects come with combining a variety of colours so the range looks good.

Semi-grase means semi-grease paint. No idea whether that’s a good thing or not but they are water based so would be interesting to know how they work in practice. I’m guessing it makes them closer to makeup pencils than artists pencils.

[Jeremy]

Yeah. I do like the enamels and oils for weathering, but they can be tricky and messy. I see these for use in hard to reach places or for fine detail I can’t really get right with a brush