Does anyone make little pinstriping brushes for our scale?

[bigmikevee]

Hey gang,

Just wondering if anyone has found pinstriping brushes to use, I have googled, but can't find small ones anywhere. From what I have seen the 1:1 brushes seem to be really long and load up on paint well, so the user can just make a long continuous motion, I tried a little striping with a couple of my model brushes, but they don't make a long line, they run out of paint too quick.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Mike

[Dr. Cranky]

Mike, I think you can try looking at both

www.coastairbrush.com

and www.dickblick.com

What you need is a long double 00 or tripple 000.

I know Mike Levallee has one in his striping set.

[Psychographic]

Swordstripers are long for a reason, not only to hold a lot of paint, they are long so they track straight.

Back in my youth I took one of my Swordstripers and made a miniature that I wore as an earring. it was about 1" long including the handle and worked quite well.

Now for a much easier solution to your quest. You want a small quill used by signpainters, there are a lot of different ones, depending on how good your brush control is and if you are doing long lines or tight curves. For long lines, you want an outliner which has longer hair, for tighter curves, a regular lettering quill will work better.

If you can't find quills anywhere, look for a brush with a round pattern and it needs to be soft, but not too droopy when loaded, a stiff bristle brush won't bend around corners as easy.

[Aaronw]

I have a 10/0 liner brush that sounds like what you are looking for. Liner brushes have bristles 2-3x longer than a regular round brush.

Edited November 11, 2011 by Aaronw

[Art Anderson]

I have a 10/0 liner brush that sounds like what you are looking for. Liner brushes have bristles 2-3x longer than a regular round brush.

I second that motion!!!!! Liner brushes are for folk-art painters, and are actually striping brushes in miniature!

Art

[Steve Keck]

Use the low-tech/low-budget material the native American artists use. Next time you are wanderind in the desert southwest pick up a handful of yucca leaves. Take the end of one and place it in your mouth like a tooth pick - James Dean style. The fibers will break down to where they can be stripped off individually making perfect striping brushes.

[Wayne Buck]

I think a good quality 10/0 liner might be worth trying...

Here's a couple of my favorite brushes I use for detailing:

Bottom to top:

• 5/0 "spotter"
  
• 10/0 "liner"
  
• 00
  
• 000
  

[Dr. Cranky]

Liner brushes should work. I used them to do this:

Not the lettering, just the swirly striping . . .

[sobpinstriping]

Go get a good striping brush and trim it down,you don't have to cut the whole thing down just give it a good shape with a sharp end, you have to trim all pinstriping brushes anyways just give it a super sharp point. I have used my mack 00 for doing some fine lines.You just need a light steady hand.

[Joker]

Liner brushes should work. I used them to do this:

Not the lettering, just the swirly striping . . .

Don't know why I like this....Hummm?

[PlasticKits]

I picked up a sword brush at Michaels and have also used a fine brush to do short lines. PK

[Dr. Cranky]

Go figure, James! LOL!