Badger or iwata would be your go-to brands. High quality, silent, and will last for years, as long as you dont abuse them.
something with a tank is preferable to something with out one.
Stay away from compressors meant for pneumatic tools; these will usually have 1/4 connectors, a high max PSI of 80-200 (you’ll only ever need 12-20psi) and will…[Read more]
Mine is Silaire, and it have been with me since 1997. I pay S$1200 for this compressor and I usually spend 6- 10 hours on the airbrushing, and these hobby have been sticking with me for 30 years and counting…but compressor come in to my life in ’97.
That depend on your budget you would like to pay? How long you use on airbrushing? And how long…[Read more]
Hey syd and ryan, thank for the thanksgiving shout out. Syd when are we going to see your Howard (the duck) Gundam again? And ryan when are
we going to see ur nutcracker? Love all your builds and tutorials. r
Wip 2 gundam RX78 3.0 after taking way to long to sand down every gate mark on every piece, on my first ever mg. I attempted to do some test painting on my extra sword handles and gun and shild pieces that came with my expansion pack. Clumpy bad color everytime. No matter what I changed with consistency I couldn’t fix it. I beleave its a problem…[Read more]
Yeah, if you’re going with an airbrush, get the nice ones. As for “unique,” somebody already painted the inner frame of the RX-78-2 in a nice, spiffy gunmetal. Put that into consideration before painting.
I tryed future , distilled water, and a combo of both. But since post i’ve tryed testors enamel and it sprayed like a dream. But if u got advice I’ll take it.
as with most branded paints, their own brand of thinner is generally the best. It’ll have the right mix of thinner, retarder etc.
I’ve sprayed several models with vallejo with vallejo thinner and it goes on like a dream.
Often the suggestion is to dilute to a milk-like consistency. This is a rough guide and some paints work better thinner, and some are just fine relatively thick. Future Finish is thicker than milk but sprays fine. Tamiya acrylics spray ok neat, but also work fine diluted 50:50 with thinner. The Createx acrylics can work fine as-is, or with a…[Read more]
then your fine, just use the usual 1:2 thin:paint ratio.
far as the finish, depends If your base paint if matte fin you’ll get a semi gloss to matte finish. the future typically ceeds to the paint far as finish, It just increases it’s “toughness” making it that much harder to scratch.