# Model Paint 42

> Lifestyle

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id357012161](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id357012161)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id357012161`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Points Align
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 3.60 / 5 (15 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.90
- **Last updated:** 2022-05-05
- **First published:** 2010-02-23
- **Size:** 14 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/model-paint-42/id357012161)
- **Website:** [http://www.pointsalign.com](http://www.pointsalign.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.pointsalign.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.pointsalign.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

A database of over 9500 paints from 29 manufacturers designed for modellers and artists.

Whether you paint or build model aircraft, ships, railway, cars, trucks, boats, figures, wargames (in fact anything!) this database is for you.

Contains paints from:

- Abteilung
- AK Interactive
- Akan
- Alclad
- Ammo by Mig
- Andrea
- Army Painter
- Badger
- Citadel
- Floquil
- Hataka
- Humbrol
- Italeri
- LifeColor
- Meng
- Mig
- Mission Models
- Model Master
- Monument
- Mr Hobby
- Privateer Press
- Railmatch
- Reaper
- Revell
- Scale75
- Tamiya
- Testors
- Vallejo
- Winsor & Newton

You can turn each manufacturer and range (e.g. Humbrol enamel) on or off at any time so that you see only the lists you want.  You can save your own views so that you can set the lists you want to see and the order you want to see them quickly.

You can see details of each paint plus equivalent colours from all the included ranges.  Or you can select to see equivalents from only the ranges you have switched on, the same medium or the same finish.

You can search across all the paints by colour, name, code, manufacturer, finish (e.g. gloss, matt), paint type (e.g. acrylic, enamel) and paints you have in stock.

You can create your own lists from any paints in the database.  You can lock the lists (to save accidental changes) and these lists can be set as stock lists (you have these paints).

You can make notes against the list itself or the individual colours and you can sort the lists and colours any way you want.

Paints you have added to any of your stock lists are indicated in the ranges, the equivalents and the search results so you can see what paints you have when you do a search.  Saves a lot of wasted money buying the same colours twice and handy when you go shopping (you can have a shopping list too)!

An invaluable reference database for any artist or modeller.

## Rankings

- #310,817 — Overall

## Review summary

Overall, users praise Model Paint 42 for its intuitive interface, cross-brand catalog, and strong inventory management. The top recurring complaints are incomplete brand coverage and outdated paint lines, limited search options, and missing features such as custom entries, inventory sharing, and a shopping list. It’s a solid, affordable tool for hobby painters, but requires ongoing updates and feature additions to satisfy power users.

### Pros

- Very intuitive to use, highly customizable, and stable.
- Comprehensive catalog across major hobby brands with easy on/off filtering and color rendering that closely matches reality.
- Excellent inventory management: build and manage paint lists, plan purchases, and track what you have.
- Helpful cross-brand color matching with alternatives for the same color.
- Great value for money and time savings; worth the price.

### Cons

- Brand coverage is incomplete and not all paint lines are updated; users want more brands (e.g., Vallejo, Polly Scale, Reaper, Nocturna) and newer releases.
- Search capabilities are limited or missing: cannot search by FS numbers, general search is poor or gone, and RLM numbers are not supported.
- Missing features: ability to create custom entries/personal libraries, share inventories with others, and have a shopping list to plan purchases.

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