To honest I would rather clean this airbrush then a paint brush. Now, having said that I have not TORN it down yet to the needle and such yet. Kind of nervous about it, but it will be alright, I hope! The last Black Green items I painted with Gray did not do so well, but I am constantly learning to use it, even when it does not come out the way I expected. Don't know till you try
Well I'll be dang. I actually painted the Top black while the sides are gray, on the dumpsters. After a full recharge this thing is rocking and rolling. Is there spray over, of course but hard to see. Also, it was the fuel truck that was my first item I painted. Just went over it with Black Green ( that color is awesome ), and it covered the entire truck, YES! Looks much better. If you look close you can still see some 3D printed original Green color. Time to paint some more dumpster lids. That Black Green seems to be a good primer color too. At some point see if I can paint the Cab of the truck a different color, maybe? I know I am posting a lot about the airbrush, but I just can't help it Having too much fun!
Don't hit the Autolock with that hammer. It will blow up Congratulations, I think you will like it. Of course ONLY you can decide that. I'll be glad when my finger stops hurting after use, IF it ever does? But to be honest once I get the hang of it, excited right now, I don't think I will use it often. Reason I wanted the Rechargeable one. Now two of us are going to be filling the Rechargeable Airbrush area I definitely recommend getting the Airbrush Flow Improver for these rechargeable ones! I put in 1 drop for every 8 drops of Model Air paint! You want to make it as easy as possible for the paint to flow in one of these rechargeable ones for sure! And I bought it by mistake thinking I was getting a cleaning fluid I also need to get that too.
Iwata makes a nice, trigger-controlled top feeder airbrush, the Iwata NEO TRN1. It is single-action, rather than double action, meaning there is no separate finger motion for air and paint. Like every spray gun I've used, first part of the trigger pull lets the air flow, then pulling further back lets the paint flow. Air hose connection is at bottom of handle. I don't know if it would be adaptable to the battery powered air-pump, that would extend below the handle, and might get a little tall/top-heavy.
I'll get familiar with it first, after it arrives, on or before July 13th, and then march down to the LHS for paints, flow improver, and such. Probably use water in lieu of paint to practice handling it, against a sheet of newsprint. The first items on the "to paint" list are small scenery items, and scenery if I figure that something needs "improving", try a few weathering jobs on sacrificial freight cars. No way is that thing getting close to my locos until I master it! It stays away from my babies! Trigger finger... My mind is already racing imagining some kind of counter-measure... let's not put the plow in front of the oxen... I can't wait!!!!
Seriously, many of us should all beware of repetitive stress finger injuries with air-brushes. Perhaps a battery-powered airbrush would limit the continuous use to avoid that. So would using a compressed air tank (not a scuba tank!) in lieu of a compressor in the railroad room. By limiting uses to 30 minutes or less, perhaps this is a good thing.
My painting interventions rarely exceed 10 minutes. The preparation of the object painted takes a lot more time. I doubt that I would ever go for more than 10 or 15 minutes at a time, never mind half an hour.
That's kinda what I was thinking (after I wrote that), unless airbrushing large areas of terrain, backdrop, etc. on a layout. But locomotives and railcars would rarely need much airbrush time per coat of paint, particularly in N scale!
Same here, only 10-15 minutes, and really shorter then that cause I am changing items to paint, etc... Also, another reason I wanted the rechargeable, just won't use it that often I don't think, after I get over it being new
It's a tool. Some tools lie in a drawer or toolbox somewhere until we need them, then we're really happy to have them. And like any other rechargeable device, it needs to be recharged once in a while to keep the battery in shape. As long as you don't start playing with the cardboard box at that point...
This Rechargeable Airbrush just gets better. Not the correct color's of course for a fuel truck, but the only ones I have for testing! Needs some wheels of course which I have And needs touch up too. But from normal view it looks fine!
You're making me like mine more and more and it's not even here yet! When that airbrush finally arrives, I'm going to be like a kid at Christmas unwrapping a new train set...
I'm going to be painting this in the near future I hope, if not lazy, with the Rechargeable Airbrush. This may belong in the Cattle Car area, but what the heck I'll be using the airbrush on it. And the first really full item I will be trying, and I have the colors for it also, as they were part of a kit of Vallejo paint I bought for military aircraft. We have already seen it works on SOME 3D printed items and not so much on my older 3D printed stuff. Not sure why, but I am thinking the 3D material has changed for the better in 3-4 years, which is how long I have had the items not taking the paint well, in most cases. It also depends on the color of the paint too for those items. Academy USAF F-16A, 1:72 scale, about a $10.00 kit after Hobby Lobby 40% off, month's ago. They have another 40% OFF sale this week going to try and buy another cheap kit to practice on. It's way smaller then I thought, which is a good thing! I don't think I'll get in trouble for posting this in this thread? At least I hope not! Dang pictures not posting the correct orientation again. I think you are really going to like it? Just remember I am a beginner once again, and IT IS a $50.00 USD Rechargeable Airbrush. So of course it will have limits. And a big question, how long will it last? Will the battery die, etc...? Why I bought the 4 year extended warranty for $8.00! I've spent that much on one meal for the family. Of course not often Me cheap usually. And you mentioned you will practice with Water I think. You really need a Model Air, or airbrush paint so that you can practice on paper and SEE how the color lays down. Get a Dark one for testing your new toy, I mean tool! Curious to see what you think of it. Pretty soon have to take mine apart for the first time to clean the Needle and such, me scared! But I need to learn how to do it now.
Thanks for all the input. I don't know when I will be getting into again. But, hopefully soon. I'll have to mail order all the stuff as there's no hobby shops here.
What a beautiful airplane!!! The model isn't bad either! I spent 15 years designing electronics for monitoring and simulation, to test the software that would run on the F16's computers, working next door to the factory where the F16 was made. We also designed and built training equipment from dome simulators to cockpit procedures trainers for the various domestic and international customers, specific to their F16 configurations. We could simulate virtually any scenario and conditions, even unsafe ones, and test the aircraft's systems', software's, and in some cases, the pilot's response. We could even test system reactions to very unsafe flight conditions that would be unacceptable to subject to a pilot in a plane flying around (like the Ground Collision Avoidance System, which has saved at least 11 pilots' lives due to G-induced loss of consciousness.) There are also modes that normally prevent overstressing the airframe and wings, but when necessary, would allow the pilot to exceed the safe conditions (max G) on the airframe to prevent ground collision, perhaps damaging the aircraft, but allowing the pilot to survive and fight another day (in a another F16!). I would walk alongside the mile-long assembly line, watching F16s take shape as they were built. From parts and raw materials in one end, to finished (unpainted) F16s out the other end. What a beautiful site! That assembly building was built during WWII for assembling B24's, and built many other aircraft over the years, including the F35 today.
Well, I hope I do a decent job on it for you. It's my first aircraft project or complete item to airbrush. Only time will tell I just need practice on different items with this thing.
Remember that the definition of an expert is someone who's a half-hour ahead of everyone else... My clock has yet to start ticking.
