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Originally Posted by adzam ahh excellent barry , your timing is impeccable,
could you give someone such as myself some hints on picking an airbrush , and maybe a compressor also ?
TIA
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The high initial cost has always put me off airbrushes but following a recent demonstration at our model club I thought I’d give it a go.
The deciding factor was the supply of propellant, as you say the air canisters are a waste of time and money and compressors are expensive. What I hadn’t considered was using a gas other than air. I have a Mig welder that uses bottled CO2 , the sort used by pubs to pressurise the beer, a refill costs £12.00 and I’ve sprayed an AcroWot and the is no change in the bottle pressure so it will spray a awful lot of models.
I bought a cheap Badger as I wasn’t going to try anything clever and once again it kept the price down.
As a first attempt I’m quite pleased with the result; I tried a couple of “effects”, blending from colour to colour as per camouflage, and masking using Frisk film for the lettering. I used cellulose grey primer and Solalac, thinned with cellulose thinners, for the topcoats.
I’ll need a lot more practice before I spray a scale model but I’m definitely a convert and without the cost of a compressor I can afford a better airbrush!