johnyrotten

Ok, so that's pretty much the same set I've had for two years now(different brand, same looking everything). I found with mine the siphon feed one needed cleaning right from the start, machining oils and crud. It's also very touchy to paint thickness and pressure. I make sure I set my pressure with the button depressed, it'll raise when you let off. The opposite is true if you adjust first and then depress. It'll drop. As for viscosity, I go by the "skim milk" reference. Mix up some paint and drag it up the side of your container. It should run off and leave a faint trace of color behind. Make sure any vents are clear, and the pick up hose is in the paint, and not sucking air from any connection. You kinda gotta rule out things systematically. Hopefully this helps you out.

Can you send that north? 3.19 here.

What set did you purchase?

This is pretty much the path I took when I bought mine. I've read and heard those exact words from many others. It's a skill, it must be developed. It's true, with most things, buy once cry once. Purchasing an expensive high end tool for a hobby and then giving up or worse, is a far bigger waste of cash and time to me. I'm the guy that hunts those deals down and reaps the rewards of that frustration.

That's my thoughts.

My setup is from point zero, 3 brushes and compressor. The compressor is tankless, with a water trap/regulator. Its been rock solid, no complaints other than pulses, to be expected without a tank.Two double action brushes that appear to be knock-offs of name brands, and a single action. No real complaints so far, I've noticed some less than stellar machining on the threads of one of the end caps. They have seen all types of paints, except 2k clear, and used pretty regularly. I recently did some shading work with a waterslide decal on a motorcycle tank for friend, no issues. I'll consider myself an educated novice with them, I've searched out tips,knowledge and information as it's something I have a great interest in learning. For a hundred bucks, I think it was a good starter kit to learn with.

Yes, that's the primer I used. Not sure if it was luck, or I'm finally getting the hang of this. Thanks

Nice tutorial, thanks for posting. Less sketchy than the method I've used.

It's brilliant from a manufacturer's perspective of profit,If you think about it. The automotive manufacturers used to make money on their products quality and longevity. And parts. Now, replacing your vehicle is at a minimum 30 or so thousand new, and you're lucky it gets through the term of the loan before a major issue arises. No coincidence that timing belts last about 60,000 miles, and loans average 4-5 years. Average mileage is 10-14 thousand a year. At least that's how I see it.

Somehow i pulled off a nice slick coat of primer with minimal debris. Still a long way to go, but pleased with the results. First time using this airbrush from my cheap set-up.

Welcome to the forum

This is that built in obsolescence I go on about. The machine was doing what it's designed to do and failed. I'm certain a shear pin or some sacrificial part could have been designed to prevent this, but EVERYTHING is built to a price point and disposable today.

That looks really good. They resemble the shape of the fronts remarkably well. What has you "on the fence" on the look, If I may ask?

Now that's cool.

Cool build. I've always liked the wing cars. Great work on this👍.

Look around on YouTube, there's a bunch of guys that "hotrod" lawn tractors and a few great, while silly, repair channels. Some of those Hydro drives can be refilled and re-sealed. Tyrrell fixes all is one channel. Silly, but the guy knows these things inside out.

I hear ya with that, they missed live knob and tube wiring on my place. Expensive, time consuming project that was.

Sorry to hear about Otis, Steve.

On the plus side, you've got room to work, and the doubled up 2x6 is plenty strong. Looks like those beams are about 8 feet apart, correct.

Get yourself something to practice on, even cardboard if that's all you got available, and "learn" that particular airbrushes "behavior". See how different pressures and what not affect your spray pattern. Like everything, it's a learning curve.

Ouch. Definitely not the proper way to carry the load to a footing, if that's what you want to call those. At the minimum it should be underneath, not cantilevered off of an un-gusseted chunk of angle. That would (redacted) me off.

Awesome looking wagon, great weathering, the original fender is a nice touch. Hopefully it raises some funds for the club.👍👍

I added the chrome trim to the 70 chevelle seats. 26 Guage wire and some scribing. I think it looks pretty good

Neat little cars, I saw this one a few years ago while on lunch

Welcome to the forum Charlie.