10-11-2013, 04:29 PM
Airbrushing
There's more to this than meets the eye! I did a job on my PZ Bf-109 which was passable but I didn't have to do anything too intricate and I got away with a cheap single-action setup and some thinned Tamiya paints. The final result wasn't great and I didn't do any weathering, which was a bit of a cop-out.
Now I'm trying to get good results with my Paasche double-action brush but there are a lot of variables and I'm not winning at the moment. I'm pretty sure I've got the paint thinned properly but I think I might be using too much air-pressure because the paint runs on the surface. The instructions which came with the airbrush aren't useful to me - I think they're pitched at a professional who knows what they're doing already. So far, I've been through two little bottles of paint and I'll have to go to HitH and get some more to cover the botch-job I've done on my Beaufighter.
I know JohnH and KevB have some experience - can anyone recommend a good YouTube tutorial or two?
There's more to this than meets the eye! I did a job on my PZ Bf-109 which was passable but I didn't have to do anything too intricate and I got away with a cheap single-action setup and some thinned Tamiya paints. The final result wasn't great and I didn't do any weathering, which was a bit of a cop-out.
Now I'm trying to get good results with my Paasche double-action brush but there are a lot of variables and I'm not winning at the moment. I'm pretty sure I've got the paint thinned properly but I think I might be using too much air-pressure because the paint runs on the surface. The instructions which came with the airbrush aren't useful to me - I think they're pitched at a professional who knows what they're doing already. So far, I've been through two little bottles of paint and I'll have to go to HitH and get some more to cover the botch-job I've done on my Beaufighter.
I know JohnH and KevB have some experience - can anyone recommend a good YouTube tutorial or two?
Steve Murray