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If your Iwata is a gravity feed...no real need to run the pressure that high...and by god man! Talk about overkill...that back up compressor is KILLER

Never used those cleaner things...any good?

ALPHA

OH GOD! I Don't know, I'm a noob, hahaha. I thought high pressure was good for large areas? lol

The cleaner worked GREAT. Filled the bowl about 4 times and spray'd it through to make it squeaky clean super easy.

I like the scale look more than the need for bright night running anyway Painless. But our other tanks sure do light up the night well with those white leds for sure.

SovereignZuul wrote: But our other tanks sure do light up the night well with those white leds for sure.

Sov,
That they certainly do: ;o)
regards,
Painless

Very cool build great work on the brass hats off to you sir

B12's lights actually look phenomenal. I guess I shouldn't discount white lights so easily!

Sorry, no tank progress. Taking a break to learn and practice some skills and break up time a bit. Got some more hobby supplies too that have been helpful.

I LOVE AIRBRUSHING! Been airbrushing all weekend, a different (new) project though. Also learning some other detailing techniques.

I'm glad for the break as I've already learned a bunch more just by experimenting and by spending a bunch of hours practicing. Boy the airbrush really hates metallic paints!

It's fun doing something less serious to change the pace but I'll be back to Tiger soon enough.

Can anyone guess what I'm building?

LOOKS LIKE YOU BE HAVING WAY TOO MUCH FUN THERE ZUUL

Hard to tell what you're working on...but I'll take a stab at it being either a robot..or a motorcycle

ALPHA

Mornin' Sov,
Looks like an engine? Following along.
regards,
Painless

ALPHA wrote:a robot..

Close 'nuff that you get credit. There are some pretty cool models coming out of Japan these days... Show more later.

Airbrushing, o'lawdy. Too much fun. Painting has always been my biggest weakness with model making and this solves it! It's a revolution! (or revelation?) TOO EXCITED

You can do so much more work with 1000% better results and faster too! Cheaper on paint too, I can't believe how little I've used for so much surface area painted. I did turn the air pressure way down too btw, thanks for that tip. Running at 15-20 psi now.

It was really cool to make special effects. I put on a flat black coat, then flat aluminum metallic and then a very light dusting of flat black and I swear it looks like a piece of metal on what I painted. I can't wait to weather too.

Next learning step is trying some shading with the airbrush.

Can you do clear coats with the airbrush or should I stick to rattle cans for that?

Sov, welcome to the party!

I started airbrushing with a little Humbrol set up when I was around 10 or 11 in the late 70s - and never looked back.

They can be a pain sometimes - especially to keep clean - but it sounds as if you're well on the way.

Varnish can be sprayed just a easily as paint, but in 1/16 I find a rattle can is fine for the most part. If it's matt varnish then the slightly pebbled texture is just more, well, texture...

Have fun!

Just to say that if you run an airbrush at 30-35 psi most of your paint will get blown around the room, it also runs a higher risk of blowing 'runs' into the paint. In all honesty you only need 15-20 psi max?

When you are doing shadowing and highlights you need paint control, so its low pressure and light trigger pressure to get those lines thin and where you want them. Every time I start doing fine stuff, change paint etc, I do a quick test run on the baseboard beneath the model, just to check the paint flow, it changes even during use due to fractional paint build up in the airbrush.

These guys should know...not that I have ever done any of this. lol.