| Just picked up on this thread and can explain the slow drying of your red paint,one of the main driers in gloss paint is called 'Terebin' this has a tendency to evaporate in the paint,in recent years the paint manufacturers seem to have reduced the Terebin content for some reason best known to themselves ?,blue and red are in particular problem paints in this direction,the paint we use and purchase from the model shop/supliers shelves can sometimes be years old by the time it reaches our workbenches,enamel gloss is far from stable and the only solution is to purchase a bottle of Terebin from your local hardware store and add this carefully to the tinlet of paint,and I really mean carefully ! a tiny drop is all that is required to bring the paint back to its original cure speed.
I trust this explains your dilemma.
I have still not seen any signs of a return of new stock Humbrol tinlets ? they are sadly missed from craft and model shop shelves.
Revell seem to have cornered this market.
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