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  2. Using PAASCHE HS Airbrush

    in Tools, Tips & Techniques

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    Carroll,

     

    I get mine at a tobacco outlet store where I buy my tobacco. The local Walgreens has the bristle type. You can also get them on Ebay. There you can get them in bunchs of about 1,000. On Ebay just go to tobacciana, pipes and then type in cleaners.

     

     

    Thanks. I will take a look on Ebay. I am also having problems while using the airbrush, now that I can get the paint to come out. After spraying for a short while, the nozzle will get clogged. I suppose that I have some of the paint too thick. I will continue to experiment though. Hope all had a nice holiday season.

  4. Using PAASCHE HS Airbrush

    in Tools, Tips & Techniques

    Posted

    :mellow: Oh, joy.......

     

    I have been able to cure the problem of no paint. I cleaned the paint nozzle and read up on how to airbrush in one of my FSM mags. I noticed that if I do not close the paint nozzle when I am not spraying, that paint dries very quickly on and in the nozzle. Now things are looking up!. Hopefully I will be able to show you guys some progress in the near future.

     

    Thanks again for all of the help.

     

    Carroll :D

  5. Using PAASCHE HS Airbrush

    in Tools, Tips & Techniques

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    :lol: Wonder of Wonders!!!!!!!

     

    I disassembleed the paint nozzle part and low and behold it did have something stuck inside of it!!!!!!!!!!! After cleaning it out I was able to get a good bit of paint working. I guess the consistancy was still a little too thin as it would puddle up and run. Soooooooo, will try again latter to get the proper thickness.

     

    Like you guys say,,,,practice, practice,practice right?

     

    Thanks again for all the help...... :smiley31:

     

    Carroll

  6. Using PAASCHE HS Airbrush

    in Tools, Tips & Techniques

    Posted · Edited by planenuts

    Mike/Ralph, et al,

    :smiley3:

     

    Wow guys! This really is turning into a real learning experience!

    I am using distilled water for the thinner for the Polly S paint. I guess I used too much the first time. I wlll have to add more paint to the mix. I also am going to disassemble the paint nozzle and make sure it is clean. I use mostly flat paints and pretty much acrylics. I do have some of the MM Acryl stuff there.

     

    I will let everyone know my progess.

     

    Thanks again,

    Carroll

  7. Using PAASCHE HS Airbrush

    in Tools, Tips & Techniques

    Posted

    Carroll,

    Something I forgot and something not yet mentioned..... humidity. Being a fellow Texan I think we both have the wonderful experience of dealing with rather large percentages of humidity. If you are not using a moisture trap in the airline between the compressor and airbrush its only a matter of time before the airbrush "spits" all over your model (a combination of whatever paint you are shooting and globs of water) or shuts down entirely because its full of water.

    Go back a moisture trap (they are not specific to a brand of airbrush since they fit in the line rather than attached to the airbrush itself...but there is a "front" and "back" end. The moisture trap instructions will tell you which end of the trap should face the compressor)

    Hobby Lobbby or well stocked hobby shops will have them. Remember to empty the trap using the little set screw (not visible in the pic) from time to time. As for thinning the paint...that depends on the paint you are using. I've found that Polly S has a very narrow range before the viscosity is either too great or too little. Gunze is more forgiving but hard to find. Tamiya gets a god seal of approval as an "easy to work with" paint.

     

    The experts say to use the thinner that that paint manufacturer suggests and I think that's good advice.

     

    Try to experiment. The 3 main variables are air pressure, thinner, and paint.

    You don't control the air pressure since you said you didn't have that capability so you're down to two variables.

     

    Try straight paint, then a mixture of ....oh, say.... 80% paint, 20% thinner, then 50%/50% and so on and see which one gives you the best result.

     

    Use an eye dropper or syphon to actually count the number of drops of paints and thinner.

    It'll be fun (oh, sure!) and very educational.

     

    Good luck!

     

    MositureTrap.jpg

     

     

    I just can't say enough about all of the help.....I do have an an inline water trap. I was able to get the paint to come out for a short while last night but it seems to be plugged up again. Will have to disassemble to find the culprit. Seems the gremlins are playing havoc with me on this one. :angry: Will continue working with it later tonight.

     

    Thanks again for all of the help.

  8. Using PAASCHE HS Airbrush

    in Tools, Tips & Techniques

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    :smiley4: I would like to thank all for the swift replies and great information. I used a very fine Micro Brush to insert into the paint area. I had added some Windex to it and some of the airbrush cleaner that came with the airbrush. I was able to get the paint to come out then. Now I need to work on the consistency, it was a little to thin, I guess. It came out and was beading up on the old model that I was testing on. I had used rubbing alcohol to clean the model with, but maybe it still had something still on it. About how far away from the model do you guys hold the airbrush? Maybe I was too far away.

     

    Thanks again for the great pics and all of the other help..... ;)

  9. Using PAASCHE HS Airbrush

    in Tools, Tips & Techniques

    Posted

    Wow! Thanks guys! I will look into all of that. I have no guage on the compressor so not able to tell the psi coming out. All air connections seem complete no leaks are apparent and seems like plenty of air coming out the pointy end. This is the first time I have tried to use the airbrush so nothing has be shot through it before attempting the PollyS, except plain water.

     

    Thanks again...........

  10. Using PAASCHE HS Airbrush

    in Tools, Tips & Techniques

    Posted

    I am having problems getting the paint to come out of the airbrush. This is the first time I have used it. A tested it with water alone, but it did not work either. The paint is properly thinned Polly Scale. Like I said plenty of air but no paint. I have adjusted the paint valve from one extreme to the other still no go.

     

    Help!

     

    Thanks..... :blink:

  11. why do you model

    in General Modeling

    Posted

    I build for the fun and thirill of seeing the plastic take the shape of the boxtop art. I do it for the relief of having to worry about the daily things and just worry about the mess I am making of the model at hand.

     

    I have loved doing model planes since my first, that I begged for, a 1/72 F84. I only had Elmer's glue back then and was on vacation far from home. I had no paint and did not get the decals put on it. Where it went I have not a clue. My first car was a Studebaker that I ordered from the back of a cereal box. I waited patiently for 6 weeks for it to arrive via mail, that was dropped off by passenger train each day a 4 PM.

     

    Later in the early 60's a friend got me hooked on modeling again and we were constantly trying to out do each other. I loved B-17's, from the 12 O"CLOCK HIGH TV show. That was my goal, to bulld one of those. I did build one, Airfix 1/72, and it was my joy until it was destroyed when I thought I had no time for modeling. With 2 kits and a wife my life was too busy. The kids are married. The wife let me have my own room in our new house ( for modeling only) Now I have 3 B-17's, 3 B-24's, 2 b-26's, 1 A4 Skyhawk, 1 F-18, 1 F-4, and 1 Dauntless hanging from my ceiling. I have built more models in the last 4 years than all of my youth. I buld mostly aircraft, 1/72 & 1/48, with an occasional artillery piece thrown.

     

    Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it! :D

     

     

  13. Avenger

    in Aircraft

    Posted

    Yes it is great to hand something like that to the people that did their best to help defend freedom and stay alive at the same time.

     

    I have built an 8 inch howitzer (1/35 scale AFV Club) that I plan to present to the VFW post that my Dad belonged to. He passed on in '94 before I could get back into modeling and find the model. Someday I would like to present one to the remainder of the FAB he was in, at one of their reunions.

  15. A recent completion

    in Aircraft

    Posted

    Ralph,

    That is a good looking Skyhawk. I really like it. It looks so much better that my old Monogram one that I brush painted.

     

    I empathize on the job hunt. I went through that back in 02-03, after 20 years with a defense contractor. Started all over with the State here in TX at half the pay. It is a job. We have moved from a 2 bedroom apartment to our own house now and I have my own room for my stuff (modelling). Keep your chin up and good luck. Oh yeah, keep modelling too!...

     

    Carroll

  17. Airshow Minor Mishap

    in Aircraft

    Posted

    Great Pics!. :smiley17:

     

    I went to an airshow near us back in April. There was an A1, Mig, T28's, C47, AT11's, P40, A10, T6's, and others. Was the second time at this one, enjoyed it a lot. Hope to go to the one in Galveston,TX in November. The Skyraider did not fly this year, but last year it did. That was a first for me. That is a really big single engine plane. Loved the A10/P47 Freedom Flight flybys.

     

    :smiley16:

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