Early Tiger 1 my first build

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Marko,
I am the same as you, a rattlecan and hairy stick guy. An airbrush is on the Xmas list. ;o) Glad to hear you folks are all right out there. Price of wine is about to go up.
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Markocaster wrote: We are fine, thanks ;) quite a shake, we are about 90 miles SE so we just got the rocking and rolling.
The reports sound pretty serious...Glad to hear all is well :thumbup:

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Glad to hear that you re all ok Mark. Take good care.

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Like the man said watch out for the recoil! Take care of yourself and your family, we will do the hard work "WORRY" shaun
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I saw the news, it was a hell of a shake mate...............I kind of put the "earth moving" thing down to youre still a newly wed and in the honey-moon phase, but seems that infamous fault you guys live on is getting cranky.
hope things are ok for you and yours Mr Castor
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Thanks guys :) all is good where I am, I feel for those hit hardest by it , and thank goodness it wasn't worse
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Markocaster wrote:Thanks guys :) all is good where I am, I feel for those hit hardest by it , and thank goodness it wasn't worse
You never know Mark.... Earthquakes is one natural thing that gives no warning .... good to see you are ok though :thumbup:


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It sounds like the paint isn't a problem but you're running it at too high a pressure. The fact you're getting blobs of running paint indicates that too much is coming out in one go in one spot. They key with airbrushes is to find the right pressure for the paint you're using so it atomises properly. This is especially important if its single action.

I would suggest playing with the PSI, reducing it and testing it out. Certain brushes and paints combinations will atomise quite happily at certain PSI. For instance, I run my Iwata Revolution at 9lbs with 30% diluted Tamiya paints because that brush happily atomises thicker paints at lower pressures. If I run it higher than that, I have to use a paint retarder because it will dry before it hits the thing I'm painting. I actually clean my brush at 25 PSI or there abouts.
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Markocaster wrote:Does anyone know, are decals made for the Bovington tiger?
Yes go to Artistichobbies.com and go to decals look through the decals a bit and the decals 131 will appear, that's all I found
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Plumbguy wrote:
Markocaster wrote:Does anyone know, are decals made for the Bovington tiger?
Yes go to Artistichobbies.com and go to decals look through the decals a bit and the decals 131 will appear, that's all I found
I saw 131 for Panther on their site, not for a tiger :(

It's official , I suck at airbrushing :haha:
Gonna need lots more practice :crazy:
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