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Ouch! How does a spark plug shoot out of the cylinder head with no apparent thread damage? It just slowly unscrews itself?

About dual action: Does the air come out when you press the trigger down? Can you also pull the trigger back to open up the nozzle (to allow more paint to flow)? If yes, then it is a dual-action airbrush. None of the dual action airbrushes I have worked with allowed you to control the air volume/pressure. The trigger is just on-off for air. If I wanted to control the air pressure, I had to do that at the pressure regulator at the compressor.

Be careful with "hot" water and spray cans. They can explode. The warnings on those cans are there for a reason. You don't want to have paint spewed all over your workshop. I would highly discourage anybody from making the can warmer than a 100 deg. F. You need to be able to put your hand in the warm water without any discomfort.

It is not just that I don't want any parts lost, but if you look at the photo of my parts, many are very small and delicate. No way you can just plop them into some silicone glue. I had to drill holes in them and glue in brass rods for mounts. I would not expect this type of service being done by the person who does the "chroming". Plus, they would not know where I want to install the brass mounts (unless I explained it, maybe by drawing diagram). I also use liquid mask on many parts to prevent the clear coat and the metal coat from covering bare plastic. Again, nothing that could realistically be done by the person doing the service. I really need to do those things myself and just send a complete tree out.

Not sure if Rusty was talking about a farming implement . . .

You're not fooling anybody Alexandr! Those are photos of a 1:1 car, not a model. It even has little pebbles stuck in its tire treads. Nice job - very realistic model!

The ONCE UPON A TIME thread has outgrown even this one. But I never felt compelled to post there.

Water-based paint should not affect polystyrene. Not sure why they fail to mention that the paint is compatible with it.

How does it feel when you're not just holding a small pen-size airbrush, but also a miniature compressor and a battery are hanging off of it? Is it awkward to use? How loud it the noise?

You were very creative with the base. Lots of greeblies. The TIE fighter model is also nothing to sneeze AT-AT! Sweet!

And here I thought this was about a scale model of an airbrush! This section is for *MODELS* which do not fit any other category. Post your "other" models here… motorcycles, planes, tanks and military, ships, sci-fi, figures, or anything else... even your Gregg bobble-heads! But what you have here is very interesting. IMO, this would have been much better fit in the "Tips, tricks . . ." section of the forum, which I suspect is read by most members. I'm also curious how well this 1:1 scale airbrush performs.

Look at my post, 3 posts above yours. There is a link to a post in another similar thread which then has a link to page with SQL commands. Some or most of those words will likely be flagged as possible SQL injection attack and you will get the dreaded 404 error. I haven;t tried to use all those words (there is a bunch).

COOL!

Yup - we do live in a strange world.

You can "like" and "re-tweet" things. Those are great accomplishments! Or you can post photos of your models and eagerly await "likes".

As I kid I built the 1:72 scale model, and it was large. A 1:48 version must be huge! Where in the heck do you find room to display it in small NYC apartment?

Wow Casey, where did you get the original artwork (not a photo of the box)? The colors are vivid and the details are sharp!

Well guys, if you look few posts above yours, the test of the article has been posted here.

Yeah, sort of like Apple vs. PC, or more contemporary like Apple vs. Samsung. Apples are coveted by the "elites", while other brands are for the "unwashed masses".

There are many sources for thin sheet aluminum. Flashing is relatively thick and stiff. Yes they have their uses for modeling, but the cheap single-use (disposable) aluminum cookie sheets, and pans used for roasting turkey also offer plenty of cheap aluminum which is just right thickness for many modeling projects (and thinner than the aluminum flashing). Those trays are sold in dollar stores. Then of course, aluminum soda cans are another good source of stiff and thin aluminum.

I also heard about the LA's Totally Awesome stuff, and I even bought couple of bottles, but haven't had a chance to use it yet. I believe the reason it should work as a stripper is because it contains Sodium Hydroxide (lye), just like many of the other stripping liquids we use on plastic models.

Never had one, or heard of them (that I recall). I use Badger. I also like to offer a friendly comment: Your subject line of this thread is very vague. If you were to edit your initial post (while you still can - there is a time limit), and changed the subject line to something possibly like "Master Airbrushes - what is your opinion about them?", that will likely attract more members who actually have some experience with the subject.

Yup, that is one of those "magic" words. Unfortunately. You could have left that word in your post, and like here, just separated all the letters with a space. It is a pain, and is silly, but it is a valid workaround for the forum's overly sensitive "nanny filter".

Yes, I have that kit too. I believe that it was originally produced by Pyro.

Looks nice! What scale is it, and which company made the kit?