what is realy required is to adapt as modellers and think logicaly !!
whilst the range may or may not have been good it looks to be going
and it won't be the end of the world !! i'm sure there are other ranges that equal if not surpass the brands i personaly have no favourite
i view paint as paint and none are better or worse than others it is just that some are better at certain applications than others
as a painter in artists oils , acrylics as well as painting many types of models brand type has never worried me
so long as you keep acrylics with acrylics , enamels with enamels and celulose types painted seperately there should be no issues
it is here i'll mention mixing in perfect honnesty if you become a good mixer you will be amazed how few colours you actualy need in your box !! i as everyone else buys ready made colour because it is the easiest option
but hold on and think a minuite !!! when you print off a photograph on your computer it does !! does it not render every colour perfectly ?? with how many colours ???? 3 yep 3 !! 5 including black and the white of the paper !!
as an artist i never get people telling me what paints to use !! i'm the artist it is my choice !! if they feel they know better i tell them to go and buy a set of paints and a canvas and to get on with it themselves !!!
never forget the reason they came to you in the first place !!
i tell this to painters of any genre before you even start laying down colours or buying paints research the colour wheel first
what is also forgotten is that mixing your own if painting difrent locos in the same colours can give you a slightly difrent result each time that is a far better result than would innitialy be thaught as age deteriates paint in the real world and a locomotive fleet cannot possibly all be painted in the same year let alone day so paint ageing would be a factor