My Bro's 1st Model

[plan_D]

My first model was a Spitfire Mk.I, second was a Hurricane Mk.I and third was a Fw-190A of which all were over-painted and lost their under-carriage.

 

[Pisis]

My pioneer models almost always excluded undercarriage

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

My first models I did not even paint. Then when I was about 8 I started painting them but it was not very good. I did not good at painting until I was about 14. I have not built a model in years though. I started to build a Bf-109G-6 when I was in Iraq but my air brush got clogged so I did not finish it nor start my UH-60L that I bought.

 

[Pisis]

What kind of AirBrush do you use? I use the simpliest (cheapest) gun from Revell

I'm planning to yield it to my brother and buy myself some more advanced. With a controlable jet.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

For my home building modeling I use a Badger 360, it is a really good dual action airbrush but it was quite difficult to learn to use. It was not a cheap airbrush though with the airbrush alone costing me 129 dollars not including the compressor. When I was in iraq I used a cheap 29 dollar airbrush from Testers because it was so cheap that I did not care if it got destroyed from the sand or what not.

 

[Pisis]

I use the Revell Power Bottle... One old man from a Czech WWII forum gave me a fridge compressor for that. I just gotta find out how it can be attached to the airgun (if even...)

BTW, I remember some two years ago, there was a model stuff gathering on the simhq.com forum for Ally soldiers in Iraq... I did not send anything though.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Hmm thats cool, I did not know that they even did somethign like that.

 

[Pisis]

One guy has sent like $100 worth package

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

That was really nice of this org.

 

[Pisis]

I send some money for crippled kids every year.

http://www.vdv.cz/aframeset.html

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I donat a little out of my paycheck each month for childrens organisations through the Combined Federal Relief orgainisation. It is not a lot but it adds up.

 

[Pisis]

Good acting.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Good acting? I really do it.

 

[Pisis]

Ooops, my fault. In Czech "acting" is the synonymum for "doing". I wanted to say "you do good"!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Oh okay my bad I just misunderstood you.

 

[Pisis]

 

[cheddar cheese]

I wanted to get an airbrush but now im thinking I could just buy rim spray from Halfords

 

[Pisis]

what is rim spray?

 

[cheddar cheese]

Paint you use for spraying car wheel rims...

 

[Pisis]

okay, what is "rim"