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I'm about to pull the trigger on an Airbrush and compressor. Looking online I came down this airbrush: Badger 105 Patriot http://www.amazon.com/Badger-Air-Br...d=ATVPDKIKX0DER I chose it on price / options for a beginners brush and it seems like a good fit. I'm having some issues figuring out the compressor part. I don't mind finding adapters and stuff, I'm just not sure on what the "good enough / not lovely" choice would be. The ones I am looking at are: Passche http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001CJPWYM/ref=crt_ewc_img_dp_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1JLS1XU3CI9F8 Badger http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005UH7CAY/ref=crt_ewc_img_dp_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER Help me not suck at buying this stuff. 
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ptier posted:I'm about to pull the trigger on an Airbrush and compressor. Looking online I came down this airbrush: I have the Patriot 105 and I hate it so much I stopped trying to airbrush stuff. Paint just turns to gum in the cup almost instantly. It makes me angry just thinking about it.
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May 10, 2016 20:55
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Jonny Nox posted:I have the Patriot 105 and I hate it so much I stopped trying to airbrush stuff. Paint just turns to gum in the cup almost instantly. It makes me angry just thinking about it. What would you recommend as a good beginner brush?
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May 10, 2016 20:58
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ptier posted:What would you recommend as a good beginner brush? I bought this and it's great, but it's not really in the same price bracket. Maybe if you can find it on sale. http://www.amazon.com/Iwata-Medea-Eclipse-Action-Airbrush-Gravity/dp/B000BQKFAI?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage
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May 10, 2016 21:06
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ptier posted:I'm about to pull the trigger on an Airbrush and compressor. Looking online I came down this airbrush: I like the way both those compressors' bodies have identical shape and vent hole patterns, as well as obviously identical regulators and feet. I'd love to be rich enough to buy both and compare them to my also similar looking Master compressor. I figure the guts are probably different (the heat sinks obviously are) but it still makes me 
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May 10, 2016 21:15
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The track is four sections, and yeah, you bend them via with the help of hot water. (Instruction note: "Bend with the help of hot water, do not use boiling water in any case!"
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May 10, 2016 21:22
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Swagger Dagger posted:I bought this and it's great, but it's not really in the same price bracket. Maybe if you can find it on sale. Edit: I went back to the patriot. Just need a compressor that won't kill me and isn't too loud. ptier fucked around with this message at 22:03 on May 10, 2016 |
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May 10, 2016 21:27
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Jonny Nox posted:I have the Patriot 105 and I hate it so much I stopped trying to airbrush stuff. Paint just turns to gum in the cup almost instantly. It makes me angry just thinking about it. What paint and thinner were you using?
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May 10, 2016 21:43
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Fwiw I love my patriot 105. I have no problem running tamiya paint/thinner through it and it cleans very nicely.
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May 10, 2016 21:56
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Troll Bridgington posted:Fwiw I love my patriot 105. I have no problem running tamiya paint/thinner through it and it cleans very nicely. This is what I would be using it for. drat you all! 
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May 10, 2016 22:01
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I can't imagine paint gumming up in an airbrush cup is a function of the airbrush? I also have the Badger Patriot 105 and it has done pretty well for me using Vallejo. Idunno.
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May 10, 2016 22:03
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Rotten Cookies posted:I can't imagine paint gumming up in an airbrush cup is a function of the airbrush? I'm gonna try the 105 out first. Right now I'm just trying to narrow down the compressor to something that isn't crap.
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May 10, 2016 22:09
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Nebakenezzer posted:The track is four sections, and yeah, you bend them via with the help of hot water. (Instruction note: "Bend with the help of hot water, do not use boiling water in any case!" Weird. What kit/manufacturer? Good luck and post pictures.
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May 10, 2016 23:12
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Ensign Expendable posted:I bought a sweet respirator and it makes me sound like Darth Vader. Worth it just for that, plus I guess it prevents my lungs from being filled with resin dust. I'm gonna need to know the brand and model
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May 10, 2016 23:20
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Midjack posted:What paint and thinner were you using? Vallejo model color, Vallejo model air Tried Vallejo thinner, water, badger thinner I think, I tried making it thin, I tried thick, high pressure, low pressure, slowly pulling the needle back, quickly pulling it back. Eventually it worked a little bit, then I started getting dry tip, then it went back to step 1. Then I gave up.
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May 10, 2016 23:27
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Ensign Expendable posted:Weird. What kit/manufacturer? Good luck and post pictures. Revell, 1/72 Leo 2:   
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May 11, 2016 00:57
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Jonny Nox posted:Vallejo model color, Vallejo model air That sounds like old/bad paint, improper psi for the paint and possibly a bent/scratched up needle. If you are getting bubbles in the cup and backflushing isnt working you should send it in for a rebuild. You can also mail me the brush and I will soak it in solvent and run it through my ultrasonic cleaner a few times before lubing it up and testing it. PM if you are interested, I have troubleshooted for a lot a people before and the problem was almost always from poor maintenance I have the full vallejo model air line and i can give you a 100% definitive answer for how much to thin and what psi Fauxtool fucked around with this message at 01:35 on May 11, 2016 |
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May 11, 2016 01:29
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Fauxtool posted:That sounds like old/bad paint, improper psi for the paint and possibly a bent/scratched up needle. 
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May 11, 2016 02:11
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Fauxtool posted:That sounds like old/bad paint, improper psi for the paint and possibly a bent/scratched up needle. Take this offer Johnny Nox. The experience you had was very weird.
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May 11, 2016 03:15
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Yeah, sounds like something out of the ordinary was going on. Even the cheapest, most knockoff garbage chinese airbrush would give a month or two of use before it kicked the bucket. And that Badger is a decent airbrush, so it should've served you well.
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May 11, 2016 03:50
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Jonny Nox posted:I have the Patriot 105 and I hate it so much I stopped trying to airbrush stuff. Paint just turns to gum in the cup almost instantly. It makes me angry just thinking about it. I use the exact same airbrush and it works just fine for me. 
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May 11, 2016 04:36
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Thanks for the advice and offers guys. I pulled it out and took a look. The needle is actually bent at the tip, so I'm going to have to replace that. Not in the cards right now, regardless of price. I think I want to re-work my air source too. Either get a moisture trap and a fine-adjust pressure valve or just get a dedicated hobby compressor. This setup was always fine on my old Iwata. I'm kind of weirded out by the bent needle. I didn't think it was like that when I put it away.  Either way, brushes are working great for the kind of stuff I'm working on right now. Fauxtool posted:That sounds like old/bad paint, improper psi for the paint and possibly a bent/scratched up needle. This was an insanely generous offer. I might take you up on the PMs part once I get a new needle. edit: aaaaanyways! Photo! 
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May 11, 2016 04:42
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That's a wicked rad paint job.
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May 11, 2016 05:02
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Ensign Expendable posted:That's a wicked rad paint job. Revel put some really nice decals in this particular kit. Good thing too, anything but thin, strong, and clingy would have been disastrous.
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May 11, 2016 05:11
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Jonny Nox posted:Thanks for the advice and offers guys. PM me your mailing address/info, and I'll throw a needle in the mail to you. I ordered a needle and whoever the picker was at Amazon sent me an entire package of 6 instead of just the one. Score! ----------------------------------- In model show news, I got a response from the judging where I asked for a critique on the ship since it didn't place (they did award me an "Honorable Mention" ribbon). Here is the response (I've made some spelling corrections for clarity): Judge guy posted:Hey 'The Locator', this is XXX XXXXX, I am the contest chairman for this year's show and was actually the team captain that judged the ship models. So... welp I guess. The models that placed were fantastic, I won't deny that at all, but c'mon, at least give me a critique of some kind if you are going to effectively place me 4th (no other HM ribbons in the class). Their show, so whatever, but I won't spend the money & time to go up there again if they are going to allow non-plastic entries, but then not judge them equally, which is sort of what that response implies to me. Here were the winners: 1st Place -  2nd Place -  3rd Place - 
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May 11, 2016 06:08
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The Locator posted:PM me your mailing address/info, and I'll throw a needle in the mail to you. I ordered a needle and whoever the picker was at Amazon sent me an entire package of 6 instead of just the one. Score! cool guy club up in here this is a lot different from the gundam thread where we just complain about backlogs and how come bandai wont release the kit we want so we can buy it and never build it.
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May 11, 2016 06:14
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Jonny Nox posted:aaaaanyways! Yet another kit I looked at longingly for a while, looked up the instructions online and decided it would possibly be above my level for paint reasons. Mainly because of the metallic orange and the way Revell asks you to paint it in the instructions, although last time I encountered that(Revell's Lamborghini Diablo VT) I got a spraycan of Tamiya metallic orange and sprayed the body with that. The end result was pretty good, and a lot better than my attempts on scrap plastic. Doesn't help that I don't have an airbrush either. Might pick up the more recent rebox with the Solo Turk design though. Also, because I wanna contribute, I finished the Revell VW Beetle Limousine. I can't compare it to the paintjob Revell wants you to give it(light grey), but I feel the red does the kit and the car a lot more justice. It's Revell's own Ferrari Red(same color is used for the convertible version of the kit), and a bit richer in real life than the pictures of my phone cam show it as.
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May 11, 2016 10:39
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The Locator posted:PM me your mailing address/info, and I'll throw a needle in the mail to you. I ordered a needle and whoever the picker was at Amazon sent me an entire package of 6 instead of just the one. Score! Bummer. Actually, I don't even know if there are model shows around where I live. Anyway, my wife is away visiting family for two weeks, so I decided to try to cram as much hobby out of these weeks as possible, since I can just leave tools and stuff out. Grass Widower Diary Day 1: A 1:48 Tamiya Kübelwagen built while watching Eurovision  Beep beep! E: turns out there's a scale model competition where I live in October. I'm smelling a trip report! lilljonas fucked around with this message at 12:02 on May 11, 2016 |
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May 11, 2016 11:59
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The Locator posted:
Glad they responded but yeah, that sucks. Your assessment that they didn't know what to do with a wooden model is probably correct. Fauxtool posted:cool guy club up in here 
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May 11, 2016 18:41
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Nebakenezzer posted:Revell, 1/72 Leo 2:
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May 11, 2016 20:18
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Hey airbrush ppl, I'm looking at painting a c3po and want to do chrome followed by sepia wash. Will a citadel wash/ ink go through an airbrush fine? I'm guessing consistency will be all right, but not sure how it will react when it hits the model. Anyone got experience with that?
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May 12, 2016 07:49
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Dr. Phildo posted:Hey airbrush ppl, this is what plastic spoons are for. it should be fine, but paint a spoon to be sure. If you have never sprayed thin stuff like a wash dont set your pressure as high and spray a little further back than normal. Not doing that will cause it to bead up and get spidering. You may just be better off dunking it in wash or brushing it on sloppily. Fauxtool fucked around with this message at 08:01 on May 12, 2016 |
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May 12, 2016 07:58
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I know this isn't strictly the right thread for this but I've posted everything else I've done in here 'till now so why not. I've been drawn back into the murky world of Gamesworkshop after playing the new Battle Fleet Gothic PC game and so ordered some forgeworld Spehss Mahreens These are 30K MKIII armour types for those interested and I've bought the Imperial Fists add ons as they are by far the best legion. Impressed by how many resin parts I need for only 5 dudes.  They are coming out really really nice and detailed, very crisp. I now have to paint them yellow! which should be fun (interesting.)   Going to finish the rest tonight and hopefully prime / start painting this weekend.
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May 12, 2016 12:29
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Yellow is a tough colour, good luck.
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May 12, 2016 13:48
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Finally back in the office. Which means I've had a chance to update some of my more insane projects. Huge metal cargo train got its backhead done (that fire door can be opened by pulling the handle)  Huge wooden train got its cab painted  Lamborghini Countach engine is done  The multimedia F14 is starting to get wings   
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May 12, 2016 15:21
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big_g posted:I know this isn't strictly the right thread for this but I've posted everything else I've done in here 'till now so why not. I think I saw a goon who did that once but with the plastics, and he didn't make sure polarities were repelling so eventually the magnets crushed their way through the torsos and ruined his mans  VVVV Arquinsiel fucked around with this message at 02:31 on May 13, 2016 |
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May 13, 2016 00:02
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Arquinsiel posted:I hope you see this before you start, because you will save yourself no end of headaches if you leave the arms, guns and backpacks off and paint them separately. My friend put tiny tiny magnets in all these parts on his warhams so he can swap out equipment and paint/touch up as needed. Worked really well.
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May 13, 2016 02:20
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Arquinsiel posted:I hope you see this before you start, because you will save yourself no end of headaches if you leave the arms, guns and backpacks off and paint them separately. Thanks for the advice. I've left the bolter and hand off to get access to the chest etc. but have glued the arms and back packs on. Hopefully I should be alright. 
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Finished the mahreens and and bases. Took me longer than I thought just to prep 5 guys but been ages since I worked with resin. And, primed. 
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So maybe everyone already knew this, but it's news to me. Hobbyzone (awesome desktop organization stuff) now has a US distributor and they ship for free to anywhere in the Continental US. http://www.hobbyzone.biz/index.shtml
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