Chris; I used Paasche H airbrushes on all the architectural models for years. Wore out 2. Still have one. But your point about Iwata is correct, It is tops. Was better on fine work. A bit tricky with Polly S. I think I used well over 800 bottles of that. Have not painted anything in 3 years so don't know what will happen if I do. At the rate of eye cure models may be no no's. Sort of planning to dump everything at the moment. (Not to any jokesters though) Enjoying all the good Christmas music. Best Holiday wishes. John A
----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher Borgmeyer To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 7:37 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: FIRST AIR BRUSH PURCHASE I can't recommend Iwata airbrushes enough. The Rolex of airbrushes. Kind of new in the modeling world but used for years by commercial artist, custom car and bike people, etc. Their Revolution CR model is an excellent choice for modeling and well under $100. Impeccable build quality, very easy to disassemble, very easy to clean and maintain. The action is very smooth and offers fine control. With airbrushing you'll find the tool is probably 30% of the equation and the user 70%. Preparation of the model and the paint you're going to shoot is key followed by proper technique. A failure in any one of those aspects and the world's greatest airbrush isn't going to save the day. Do some reading up on airbrush technique, learn how to properly thin the paint you are going to use and then practice, practice, practice. Don't forget to be safe. Wear a mask and have proper ventilation. Something like lacquer thinner (commonly used to thin enamel paints and lacquers or clean the brush) is not what you want to learn a "hard" lesson from. Even non-toxic acrylics can leave you pretty tight chested and coughing up colors for days. Chris Borgmeyer __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5722 (20101221) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5722 (20101221) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
