What's on The Workbench

[special ed]

They don't mix well with cats, dogs and wives LAO.

 

[Wurger]

An easy line control model for the easy aerobatic flying. Quite typical construction from 50-70'. A nice find.

 

[A4K]

Looks good Evan, what were your issues!

Constant clogging (first was after 2 seconds of spraying! - Vallejo paint), and trigger constantly 'sticking'- my airbrush has had this problem for a long time. Also tried a Humbrol acrylic (85) for the Black parts - absolute disaster. Whether the paint itself, or over-thinning, I don't know, but couldn't remedy it even after cleaning the whole airbrush out again. Ended up respraying with Tamiya Flat Black, which was ok, but would have been better if I had sanded the Humbrol down first - after 2 hours for what I thought would be a 15 min job though, I just wanted it done by that stage...
Alot of practice ahead before I paint my serious builds.

Kits are being built OOB, btw. The kids want them gear up with no drop tanks or extra detailing.

 

[fubar57]

Vallejo hates to be sprayed with anything that isn't Vallejo, especially IPA. If there is any residual in the AB, even days old, the AB is clog up.....ask me. If I've used Tamiya paint and want to use Vallejo shortly, I will run Medea Airbrush Cleaner or VMS through the AB after cleaning and then two AB cups of water through just to make sure

 

[javlin]

I will use Tamiya Acrylics/Lacquers,MrHobby Lacquers and MM enamels all thinned with MrHobby leveling thinner and acrylics get cleaned quickly with alcohol.I have left my AB with enamels/lacquers overnight uncleaned just forgetting and can clean it 24/36 hrs later did that once with acrylics and lost an AB!

 

[fubar57]

What's your thinning ratio with Tamiya and Mr Hobby?

 

[A4K]

Cheers guys!
On memory, the last paint I ran through it (2 years ago!) was Tamiya. My best success with acrylic paint (so far) has been with Tamiya, the Humbrol by far the worst, with AK and Vallejo somewhere down the middle (hit and miss).
Of course, I have alot to learn yet with the airbrush, and it may be that the mix of paints through it may be part of the problem. Or some of the paints are just crap
Will try to get more practice in, it's probably the biggest stumbling block I have with all my builds.

 

[javlin]

What's your thinning ratio with Tamiya and Mr Hobby?

At least 50/50 Geo your MrHobby lacquers come thick from the bottle if it's a high use spray I dilute right then.I have gone as far as 60/40 60% thinner for fine edging and Luft camos.

 

[javlin]

Cheers guys!
On memory, the last paint I ran through it (2 years ago!) was Tamiya. My best success with acrylic paint (so far) has been with Tamiya, the Humbrol by far the worst, with AK and Vallejo somewhere down the middle (hit and miss).
Of course, I have alot to learn yet with the airbrush, and it may be that the mix of paints through it may be part of the problem. Or some of the paints are just crap
Will try to get more practice in, it's probably the biggest stumbling block I have with all my builds.

Evan if it's not to pricey in your neck of the woods give that MrHobby leveling thinner a shot stuff creates a super smooth finish and pressures can drop to 13/17psi.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

One thing I always do is flush out the AB between colour changes and even though I'm using acrylic, after the flushing with water I will give the AB another flush with lacquer thinners. I do find that acrylics can easily clog up the needle nozzle, they tend to dry very quickly in moderately warm temps and leave a light film in the nozzle. As for the AB that gets a good strip down and clean after a long paint session or at the first signs of trouble. Tedious I know, but it's been a lesson learned the hard way. I also now use an acrylic lacquer paint for the major colours, they flow so easy and give a good clean finish.

 

[A4K]

Beauty, cheers guys.