Originally Posted by Lenton58

A word of caution: back in the days you went to a hobby store and bought enamels that came in flat, gloss, semi-gloss or gloss metallic. These days, the paint sections of hobby stores (at least here in Japan) are confusing. So, I usually check with the shop keeper before I purchase just to be sure. Nowadays there are enamels, water-based acrylics and lacquers. When I do touch ups, I want the enamels — paint that is thinned with some sort of aromatic.

Recently, I needed some metallic candy apple red and could not find any. When I was a kid, model hot rods were a rage, and candy apple red was all over the place.