Ratatosk

Thanks for sharing your "survelance" info... that will save me the trouble of going to UE3

Cheers!

Its been a long many years since i touched an airbrush...7-8 years ady


Now since my Gundam madness is back, would like to get a compressor...full spec wan. Any idea where to get the best price ? Moisture trap, silencer, storage tank...

Iwata airbrush is damn pricey ler...how bad is the maintenance like ? A lot of parts to clean or not ?

most of the newer compressors today is maintenance free.if silent is what u want,i suggest silentaire compressor.u can order these from www.bearair.com

Where is this ArtFriend? Singapore?

can use the air brush tool to spray the whole car or not?

I think he indicated it located in UE3 = KL, Cheras

Whole car? It's technically possible, but will take forever to complete if you use the hobby version. Best that you look for the industrial type.

yup,better use the spray gun.if not,imagine that u'll be painting 0.5 mm lines a time.it'll take ages to complete.just get a spray gun,they're those that have HUGE paint cups and looks like a gun with a bottle attached on top

Eh.. Dude. Even if you can use the airbrush to spray the whole car, you still need a skill to do it. And a very high skill.

some question
what is the best way to avoid spiderweb when airbrushing?

if u guys not in the rush, i'll be bringin in some taiwan make airbrush n compressor.....

will update by mid or end of the month

post some pics yeah

once it's ready, i'll post up my webstore for u guys to view it.....other than airbrush, other modeling tools and gundam as well.....

Went to Venus Art the other day and i am very interested with the AB set. Anyone know whether the uncle there gives out discount?

Oo btw i also know this nice guy in another forum that is selling an AB set familiar to the one from Venus Art but a bit cheaper. If you are interested u can pm me and i will give u the contact.

Is there any airbrush that is maintenance free? Something like without the needle. A long time ago, I ve a friend using a airbrush without the needle. I don't no what brand is it. It only need to change the nozzle for different wide spray.

1. Moisture trap
2. Clean surface
3. AB light layers (dont overspray)


Yes - Can negotiate with uncle

Which form?


I havent seen needle-less type.. even though, it still cant be 100% maintenance free as you have to keep cleaning the AB after every use

there is such AB which u can just change the noozle...but it's not maintaince free la...

the needle is keep inside the AB, when cleaning, u cant actually clean it throughly, so when stuck...it's bye bye...dun need to maintain...

maintaince free lo....muahahahaha

btw, those AB is by aztek....

The problem I m always facing is the needle. The point of the needle will get bend sometime and will result spray out dirt. So I ve to handle very carefully everytime do cleaning. For my single action AB, it will crack the nozzle if the needle poke too near. I ve few pieces of nozzle and all crack because of this. Can't buy it anymore.

Finally bought from VenusArt.

Still find their compressor with airtank, regulator, pressure gauge, (and moisture trap built inside the airtank, supposedly...) is the best value. rm680 on the sticker. Uncle let me have for 600rm.

Plus an sparmax 0.3mm dual-action AB, cheapest he has... 210rm. (sticker 238).

Comes with hose and necessary connectors. Test run there. Cash and carry. If use creditcard, he can't give much discount.

No warranty though... But the compressor looks sturdy enough.

Played around with it last night. Compressor is quite silent. And only switches on every few minutes when airtank pressure falls. Spent the night spraying newspaper with dilute ink to get the hang of AB use.


Just to check with more experienced artists here...

Are there paints that I should avoid using with AB? Like thinner based paints, or paint pigments with larger pigment particles.... or how about using with primer? Will these things spoil the brush?

Just to be safe... i'll only be using water-soluble acrylic paints with my expensive AB. Maybe one day go singapore grab a cheap AB to play play with funny paints...

There's a Taiwan-made Badger knockoff, set of plastic single action AB, siphon feed, air-can adapter/regulator, hoses.... for sgd16. But the spray is as precise as a mini spray gun.

actually what is dual action AB?

and at the back of the AB gun..the screw thingy..what izzit for?
what is the effect if you turn it clockwise and anti clockwise?

and after we clean the pain using thinner and spray out clear..we can still clean it with normal water rite..cause i usually just clean it with model thinner after every color change

This post has been edited by VincC454: Aug 7 2006, 12:17 PM