At the moment aiming for fund allocation 1st.. so many priorities Hobby stuff comes last. Given the current sellection between VA & Daisheng, when come buying time I'll restudy the full package & service they both can offer, best shop wins lah.. If no warranty I wont buy man, thats a piston motor in there wor!

At the moment I'm partial to VA lah, uncle very helpful, Daisheng ppl like very LCLY smoking in the shop oni.. look at ppl like got no $$ to buy, dun wan layan. Thats my RM1 Coin opinion lah (like DC in BB plaza fella.. some of you know what i'm talking about)


Alamak.. duno leh.. but I know got #11 baldes as posted HERE call uncle 1st if you want to prepare the necessary $$$ before going there lah, I posted his No. liao mah HERE. Even if it's in pack of 10 blades, buy 10 packs solve problem already. BTW - ACE Hardware shop also selling the blades!

This post has been edited by ezCISS: Jul 27 2006, 07:05 PM

i noe ACE sells them.but when i went,they said no stock,then i ask to order,they said can.Now like 3 months not even a phone call from them yet btw,i'm sure the compressor have some sort of warranty.btw,izzit the name of the other airbrush that u post is Olympus???coz i've heard 2-3 users of it n the AB had served them well for over 5 years

ACE at my place here got wor.. but since you going VA.. "tar-pau" one go lah. Yerp, Olympus.. didnt research that brand yet though.

Everyday I've been researching, and the conclusion is "Maintenance" ! Clean, Clean and Clean & it will last. Also, never use paint straight from the bottle, always "thinner" it. Even if it Teflon needle, I dont see a point as we may have to use sharpening stone to "fix" it anyways. In the end, I may end up buying a cheepo China AB instead to save RM100 plus. Reality check, models kit painting only.. somemore no "kung-fu" to paint those super eyepopping freehand graphic designs

This post has been edited by ezCISS: Jul 27 2006, 07:34 PM

yup.clean and it will last.but the cheaper ones have tendency to clog the paint.but i think the sparmax n olympus is a bit better since they're quite well known.in the case of thinning the paint,i donnoe,but for RC,the paints are designed to be shot straight out of the bottle.no need thinning,unless the nozzle opening is like 0.2mm like that(like tamiya's AB)

Just came back frm Petaling Street.Managed to find Venus Art after some 30 minutes of searching .Snapped a few pics while there.As ezCISS said,the uncle there very helpful .







the uncle said that if i buy the compressor with tank(picture 3&4) n the airbrush (picture 2),i'll only need to pay Rm 860 i really liked the Olympos AB because it is a side feed airbrush(meaning that the 'cup' where u put the paint is at the side,thus enabling me to see my work better) and also 3 types of paint cups is included,small,medium and large.All in all,i'm very satisfied n now can study for PMR more peacefully.Can't wait till my exam is over

Happy Day 4 U eh? Well with your mind at ease.. Do well in the next few months to go and U will be set!

Didnt hop to DaiSheng to see your paints?

lol yeah very happy .i went to DaiSheng,but dun see any paints ??? i thought the paint is the same place where they put the compressor n AB right???

Aiyaaa... at the back of the shop, near the RC stuff and pintu belakang.. Yerp.. it's a bit sorok, but 2 full trays of paint to choose from.

damn i must have missed that nvm,when i want to get my AB n compressor,i'll drop by daisheng.btw,what size is the bottle of the tamiya paints???

Bottle size = Small Is the normal tamiya paint bottle lah.. NVM, next time you pass any model shop, you can check it out yourself.. It's just the matter of finding the colour you need as not all shops have the the correct shades that you require.

Hi, guys. Just found out this thread. Don't no still got people play this hobby and got shop selling this AB and compressor. And suprise me still got this olympus AB selling around. The compressor in the picture look like piston type. Is it very noisy one?

I think is "olympos" Duno lah.. very hard to find the manufacturers website. "Chap-lap" already?

I didn't test the Compressor.. ntc3freak did you give it a go? Word around the net says it quite silent, I only beleive when i hear it with my own ears

nope didn't checked.yup it should be quite silent.shouldn't be noisy like those industrial ones lar or the large ones u find at the hardware shop.But i think at most the noise is 50decibels.Should be less than that.I'll test it when i got the money

eh..guy do you think is a good idea to connect a air brush to a industrial use compressor ah.. I mean the one they use in motorcycle shop, but smaller.

Technically it's possible as long as you can control the PSI. Practically be prepared to have the boys in blue knocking on your door for "distubing the peace"

How much PSI needed for the air brush to work? Can give some info.. search the web but got nothing on this.

anywhere from 10-45.This is the mostly used range.Dun see why u would need to set the pressure higher.If ur pressure is high,u'll risk blowing out the air hose or even the airbrush.Anyways,enjoy!!!

Thank you for the info, will check my local hardware store for adjustable pressure compressor, now the only problem is to figure out how to connect air brush to the compressor.

hmm that might be a bit tricky.maybe u can go to Venus Art in Petaling Street and ask what is needed to connect the airbrush to the compressor.They might be able to help.

btw,here's some info i got from rctech forum:

Airbrush hoses are 1/4" inch fittings.
Most Air equipment is 1/4" inch as well.
Some are more heavy duty which are 3/8 inch fittings.
This is easy to fix as they sell couplers to go from 1/4" to 3/8".
These literally only cost like $1.00US ($1.40AUD) at any Hardware Store.

btw,u can search n read a lot of info on airbrush here

if the compressor ia s piston type, it is quite noisy. I ve a compressor using rotary type (use in freeze). Very quiet. Can work in late night also. Brought it 16yrs ago. still run perfectly.