I first started with Testors enamels then Tamiya acrylics. Then one day the hobby shop was out of Tamiya and I bought Polly S and the rest was history. I still have and use some of those bottles from when I was a kid! The Floquil Polly Scale acrylics don't smell at all and can be thinned with distilled water which I have plenty of. In my quest for proper German colors for the Tunisian Campaign I bought some Xtracrylix paints. They too don't smell at all and thin best with distilled water.

My paint locker has almost every brand but the ones that get the most use are the Polly Scale and now Xtracrylix for their specific colors.