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Aircraft dope is still available but aluminum powder is about the only pigment that is added. Clear lacquer is available from a lot of sources. Nitrocellulose lacquer would be a very niche product and I'm not sure if any mom & pop paint company still produces any. Bill Hirsch was the only mom & pop that carried the stuff for a long time. The most common pigment they used was black but they advertised that custom colors were available on request. Since Bill died, I'm not sure if they still handle the stuff but a phone call would answer that question.
Acrylic lacquers took over the market back in the 40s so it hasn't been a common finish material for a long time.
Spray cans are good for small projects but anyone that has painted a car with rattle cans knows that it makes for a sore finger after doing a relatively small panel. It takes a lot of cans to do a big job. The fan is only a few inches wide so coverage is not well overlapped. The type of gas used as a propellant can make a difference in the quality of the finish. Rattle can finishes are never quite as good a a paint gun product properly mixed and shot with compressed air.