Comments on: Airbrush Basics

By: airbrush gun

airbrush gun — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:34:12 +0000

I am really new to airbrushes. I feel really naïve right now, because I thought there was only one kind. I always thought it just had a certain color of paint in it and then you apply it to the surface. Cool article.

By: airbrush gun

airbrush gun — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:34:00 +0000

By: FrankGiacobbe

FrankGiacobbe — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:47:26 +0000

Personally, I've never had really good results with a “basic” airbrush. My advise would be to save up for a dual-action Badger. It's good for beginners but you can grow into it. However, there are some very inexpensive airbrushes sold at most hobby stores (around $20-30) that will work for putting down a basic layer of paint — just don't expect to do good detail work. Testors makes one that I've used that isn't bad for that. I don't recall the make/model of it, but it's a black, plastic body and has colored changable tips (red, orange, yellow).

By: Eli

Eli — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:00:00 +0000

Does anyone have a good suggestion for an inexpensive basic airbrush for someone brand new to the hobby?

By: subwayaz

subwayaz — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:11:20 +0000

I think your article on Paintbrush basics was very informative and helped me quite a bit as a newbie at this area of the Hobby. Thanks much

By: Ike8120

Ike8120 — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:57:57 +0000

Article was both interesting and informative.

By: Frank Giacobbe

Frank Giacobbe — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:16:45 +0000

It definately sounds like the tip. What’s your brush model/number?

By: Tim Purcell

Tim Purcell — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:20:08 +0000

Thanks for the info on air brushes Frank I have a pasche dual action brush myself and will be using it to do like you say… weather my building with a fine mist of grimy black. I did that on one building I built many years ago and then dry brushed streaks along edges of the window sills to simulate the water staining from years and years of running off them i will do the same on the building I am currently making and hopefully the pics will show it. I love using the air brush but find that the one I have has such a fine tip on it even wide open I have to have the paint thinned down very much so the tip wont clog…many coats are necessary ( need a bigger tip huh?)…other than that I plan on using it much more now that I am in full swing building mode again here…lol.. I encourage anyone to give it a go you will find its very easy to do and fun too ..the finish is also much nicer… thaks again Frank… Tim