Hi guys

I just picked up Osprey Modelling Manuals #7 WWII Dioramas. This is a great book. I do have a couple of problems that I hope you guys can help me with. The book mentions a number of products that I have never heard of . The first is a white putty called "Das Pronto ". Is this available in the US, or is there somthing similar ? The second, I'm not sure if its a companys name, or the name of a type of paint. Its called "molak".The last one is a type of paint, but when I asked about it at a craft store all I got was a blank look from the sales clerk. Its called "Plaka" . Is this a oil , acrylic or what. What I'm looking for is what are these products, and are they available in the US.

Thanks in advance for the help.
Wolfsix

i did a search for Plaka paint and this is what i came up with..
All purpose casein emulsion paint. It dries with a matte, velvet like finish. Ideal for commercial art and window displays as well as sketches, transparencies, posters, interior and exterior decorations. Also good for hobby painting and model makers. It adheres well to paper, cardboard, wood, plaster, and metal. Paintings intended to be long lasting should be coated with air drying lacquer. stir before use. Dilute with water.

http://www.utrechtart.com/dsp_view_products.cfm?classID=1113&subclassID=111312

http://www.misterart.com/store/view.cfm?group_id=8838070&store=001&AID=10273655&PID=1420001&submit2=Buy


The above are a couple of places i found that sell it.
Mary

Das Pronto is a modelling clay, and if memory serves me, it is air drying. You should be able to get it at crafts stores. Art stores should have it also.
Pelaken Plaka is what we used years ago as an under coat for our oils on figures. . If I recall, it was a casin based paint.
It was thinned with water, dried deadflat, never left brush strokes, and absorbed the excess oils, helping to eliminate the glossiness. It's use it discribed in Shep Paines books on painting figures. Like any art paint, it came in basic artist colors, and you just needed a basic pallet of Plaka for 99% of you undercoats. Again something you would pick up at an art store, I've never seen it at a crafts store.
As for Molak try here:
http://www.jeffreystein.co.za/molak.htm

Pelikan Plaka is a type of poster paint sold in jars. They do an enormous range of colors. It is certainly useful for diorama work although any acrylic would be as easy to work with.

Molak is the brand name of a range of paints, glues and putties. Similar to Humbrol, principally enamels...

Slightly here, but believe it or not, I used to paint figures with Plaka - with some extraordinarily good results.., it is obviously vital to varnish afterwards (it tends to rub-of if you lok at the wrong way )...Jim

Hey guys

Thanks for the help. You cleared things up. Sounds like some stuff I should try out.

Wolfsix