johnyrotten

I've thought along those lines, in the back of my mind is long term durability of this compressor. Ultimately I may buy a good one and send this to my god-son. He builds models as well.

Interesting ergonomics on that one. You're point on the compressor is a good one. While mine does the job, I see the drawbacks of no tank. Any of my other compressors are either too large or Noisy to want in my home.

Great looking galaxy. I really like the overall look you got, it's classy from some angles and means business from others. Awesome work

How do you like the Behr paints? Great color choice, by the way.

I listened to many hours of the investigation while at work, and tons of interviews and people looking at the wreckage giving their ideas on the failure. Whole situation is/was crazy,and preventable. I'll have to check this out.

Happy I stumbled across this, I've got a small brand new bottle that came in a used kit. Now I know to toss it out or give it away.

I'll keep that in mind now that I'm much more serious and invested in the hobby. I'm nowhere near a magazine cover level builder, maybe one day. Hopefully op can figure out their situation and anything I've said helps.

I'd say that's the model they cloned/copied. Here's the one from my kit, similar to op's.

I've know the Badger brand name all my life, wanted one as a kid in the mid-late 80's. There's a ton I've learned here in the past year.

I tend to find information everywhere on the forum,if and when the time comes or me to upgrade, I've got a good list to choose from.

This statement made me think. This is a small, niche industry we all rely on for a past time.

Thank you for the clarification Steve.

I want to add, I see you use craft paint, I sprayed my gto with craft paints thinned way down. Like water. With that same airbrush. It was a bit of messing around till I found the right viscosity and pressure to get it to spray well. Take an afternoon or whatever and try and dial it in. Change one thing at a time. It sprays water, so start with the paint viscosity.

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.