Well I got paint on but some of it was drying too fast coming out of the airbrush so I have a little sanding and touch up to do. After seeing that Andy included the oxygen bottle and hose in his pit I decided I'd have to add one to mine. Here is the process I used to make the hose.
Two different gauge wires and heat shrink tubing.
Start wrapping the smaller wire around the larger.
Finish with them bunched together.
Spread them trying to keep the spacing consistent.
Heat shrink on.
After taking the hair dryer to it.
Some paint with some dry brushing.
Flexible and easy to work with. Just need to make some end pieces out of some styrene.
I'll have pics of the paint up in the next couple of days.
What a great idea! Itried the same technique (without the heat shrink) with a smaller core wire and it kept breaking. Then I found the pre-made coil in my spares box.