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[monica]

Not my usual thing, but I just picked this up from my local charity shop for £3.
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It'll do if we have a SiFi build.

like me ,Ian,not my usual think,but a fun build and paint,think you should enjoy it,

[monica]

Hi all
Picked this up this morning hoping to incorporate it into a diorama build alongside my king tiger

nice truck,Colin,should your build well,

[Guest]

Treated myself to a airbrush, way above my skill level but was such a good price I could not say no, plus used my birthday money
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[monica]

very nice Dave ,and what a good way to use your birthday $,

[Guest]

another interesting one Patrick,will be waiting to see what you do with this one,

Yes Monica we'll have to see, I can use similar woodgrain decal to start with! I'm looking at a truck/lorry at present, needs a bit of scratchbuilding though.

[monica]

sounds like you have the whole thing sort ,will be watching this build,
I was looking at a lorry,at the last swap meet,still up around $60.oo or more for one,

[Guest]

sounds like you have the whole thing sort ,will be watching this build,
I was looking at a lorry,at the last swap meet,still up around $60.oo or more for one,

Yes I've had a cab unit ( for an artic) for some years so stretching the chassis to turn it into more of a box lorry. Also looking a scratchbuilding a surf vehicle, Sandpiper, rare, lost one on ebay USA at the weekend when it went over $100! And of course having to print some more woodgrain decal for this one above.

[Guest]

Treated myself to a airbrush, way above my skill level but was such a good price I could not say no, plus used my birthday money
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An excellent airbrush, I love mine

[Guest]

An excellent airbrush, I love mine

My first airbrush so if you have same I might be chasing you up for advice ☺ what size needle do you use ?

[Guest]

My first airbrush so if you have same I might be chasing you up for advice ☺ what size needle do you use ?

For anything other than priming I use the 0.2 needle. This works fine for me with all types of paint, from enamels to acrylics.

I use the 0.4 for priming with Stynylrez as this gives a better flow.

HTH

[Guest]

Only have a 0.15 and 0.4 so will have to see how I get on for now unless I find a good deal on a 0.2 needle set.

[Guest]

Only have a 0.15 and 0.4 so will have to see how I get on for now unless I find a good deal on a 0.2 needle set.

I doubt 0.05mm will make much of a difference - just thin the paint a tad more.

[BarryW]

My first airbrush so if you have same I might be chasing you up for advice ☺ what size needle do you use ?

I mainly use the 0.4 needle as my workhorse for 95% of painting, primer, varnish, base coats. With vallejo Model Air at this needle size there is no need to thin. I will use the 0.2 needle for touch ups and detailing such as mottle. VMA needs to be thinned for this needle size.

I would not try to use a 0.15 needle with most model paints as it tends to get blocked but the 0.15 can work with MRP paint which is a very fine ink like paint.

[Guest]

Thanks Barry for the advice, I have bought vallejo model air paints for my first models to see how I get on.

[Gern]

I thought I'd done pretty well until I saw Ron and Patrick's latest hauls!

This one cost less than £15 inc. P&P

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And this one was just under £24 inc. P&P

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Not bad considering the dealer left the price sticker on

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Both still in their wrappings and as new.