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Welp, I broke down and returned my compressor to Wal-mart and ordered a Paasche D500SR compressor. I cant wait until it get's here. I'm told it will make a difference compared to the Campbell Hausfield. I'm hoping so.

What does the term "hot paints" mean?

Thank you for the advice I went out and bought some MM acrylic thinner. I plan on giving it a go shortly Also while at the hobby store, the owner was speaking to me about compressors and he said that some compressors, while they have the PSI they actually lack the CFM (volume) to properly operate the airbrush. It made sense to me but who am I to know for sure. Have any of you heard of this?

I'm mostly using Model Master acrylics. I have some Tamiya but havent sprayed (or even opened) them yet. I am so frustrated here tonight. I am building a model and decided it was time to primer some of the pieces. I used Model Master Grey Primer (acrylic) I thinned it to what seemed to be a milk like consistency with iso alchohol. I started spraying and it seemed fine at first... moments after starting (60 - 90 secs) the flow slowed down and noticed some spits... come to find out, the paint seems to be drying and clogging my brush. It seems to do it so fast. I kept trying to clean the brush and then continue to paint but soon as Id have it clean.,.. 60 secs later it was clogged again. Finally I put everything away fro the night assuming either I am doing something wrong or the dual action brush I got from Airbrush City is a piece of garbage. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Is it the alchohol thats causing the rapic cloggin? The arbush itself? Or something that I am doing (I wouldnt be surprised if this was the case, Im pretty new to this stuff but determined to learn) Thank you, Jared

Thank you Bill for the advice and information. Im using a Campbell Hausfield compressor. I think I see one of my problems already, thanks to you. I have only been using about 15 - 17psi. This may sound like a silly question but... how do you recommend getting the paint from the jar to the airbrush? Do you mix in a seperate "cup" and then just pour from cup to airbrush? Thats what I have been doing but I seem to create a mess always lol I guess i may just need to be more patient and get more practice. Jared

When I use to build models in my teens I did something that I havent seen mentioned anywhere yet... though I probably just havent gotten to that post yet... anyway.. what my friend I use to do was take the sprue after we had our parts off it and then heat up a straight piece with a candle and then when the piece of plastic bent down 90% on its own we'd grab both ends and slowly stretch it out. The result was a very thin piece of plastic "wire" that wed then use as battery cables and spark plug wires. I'm guessing yall may have heard of this but Im learning so much from this forum and all of you that I figured I would share on the offchance that some one hadnt heard of the idea. Jared

Hello All, I've been trying to do some airbrushing on the model I am working on at the moment. Its the first I have done in years. I have found that I only need small amounts of paint to do most of what I am doing. I have a badger pressure fed brush and I hate the fact that I seem to waste paint when i thin it in a seperate cup. Also, I find that I make a mess no matter how hard I try. Fortunately I am using acrylics (model master and tamiya) so I can wash up with water and soap. Which reminds me, I read somewhere that acrylics are actually harder to airbrush? is this true? ANd last but not least, somewhere I read that thinning the acrylic with iso alchohol is good. My brush seems to clog and spit though at times, and the paint seems to dry up pretty quick.. is it because of teh alchohol? Sorry for the jumble above.. Any help at all in the airbrushing dept. would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Jared Oh by the way, does anyone happen to know where I can find an inexpensive gravity feed airbrush? Single or dual action... doesnt matter to me at the moment (unless you recommend one over the other)

Wow both Alclad and Spaz Stix look great! I have never heard of them till now. Thank you, I ordered some Alclad. Also ordered some of their polished aluminum and stainless steel. Thank you again Jared

Thats beautiful! How did you get so much detail into the dashboard? Is that all done with a paintbrush and magnifying lens?? wow nice!

Hello, Recently I have set aside building wooden airplanes and went back to building plastic models. I am desperately tryin to learn all the techniques I can to make my projects as realistic as possible. Last night I stumbled across something that I hadnt given thought to before. What do you do about chrome parts? I mean they have to be cut from the tree and when I do that... it leaves a small spot of the underlying colored plastic exposed. What should be done about that? Is there some sort of trick so that the underlying coloring doesnt stick out like a sore thumb? I have read that some places will rechrome parts for you, however I dont really want to go to that extreme IF I can avoid it. Help please. Jared