Oh S**T

What do you think of it? I've had mine for a few weeks and so far I've done a dry fit of the main wing to the fuselage to give me an idea of how big the finished model will be. It might be some time before I work up the courage to actually start building the thing...

Just build it and leave it in the attic--your very own Colditz C*ck.

be nice or i'll get bill b's cats to teach you cat protocol. always be nice to pussy!

How to herd cats:

One bag Whiskas.

or

Pounce or other treats in a bag.

Works with my herd.

I don't let them near my kit stash, too easy to get behind the kits. not to mention I do my painting up there, will put stuff together in front of the TV, but paint away from them.

New topic, anybody collect airbrushes besides kits????

Define 'collect'...

Over the years, I've managed to acquire through my own efforts a Badger

Does that count as a collection?

RobG (the Aussie one)

wit me it duz!

Got 4, (5 if you count the sand blaster).

I don't know if it really qualifies as a collection either. I have a Paasche VL set for general work, an Iwata for fine stuff, and a Testor's piece-of-sh!t that I got on the foolish assumption it would be easier for my kids to use. The Testors needs to find its way into the Goodwill box.

The VL is my new workhorse airbrush. I had one on long term loan, but that expired. I was able to get by on my Iwata, but it's really designed as an illustrator's airbrush. One of these days, I need to build something camouflaged.

I drive them with a 26 gallon Craftsman compressor and a separate filter/regulator.

Since we're asking questions today, can anyone educate me on the relative (de)merits of gravity feed over siphon feed?

Cheers, Dave Ambrose

Dave Ambrose wrote: : : Since we're asking questions today, can anyone educate me on the : relative (de)merits of gravity feed over siphon feed? : As a rule, you aren't going to use the gravity feed for covering a lot of ground, since the capacaties are significantly smaller.

On the other hand, I find the gravity feed easier to clean when I am doing several colors in a session.

With a gravity feed, your color cup won't fall out of the airbrush while you are using it. Of course, if your gravity feed doesn't have a lid/cover, you'll dump the paint in a bit of inattention.

My now current "do all" airbrush is a Harder & Steenbeck Evolution Silverline M. It is a side sucker, meaning I can switch from a color cup (gravity feed) to a color jar (syphon). The find pressure control (optional) is what sold me on the brush, as well as the paint control which is part of the Silver- line M.

The color cup and jar screw into the right side of the brush, so there is no damn way the color cup will fall out of the bottom of the brush, I can also rotate the cup/jar so they are level, despite what angle I hold the brush at, and the cup has a lid, so it minimizes a spill if I don't pay attention and set the brush back in the holder (or, thought I did, at any rate).

Bruce

is you pos good on large chunks? i have the paint to do my cars plastic bumpers but my passhe vr don'y do big ares with refill every 2 minurs. let me borrow it and i'll pass it on.

There are filters at micromark, funnels with a filter on them. Never used them, they might get the chunks out.

Badger has a filter that fits on siphon brushes, never used them, thinking about it. If I get one in the next few weeks will let you know.

Did lots of filtering in chemistry lab. Some of those suckers were expensive. No, never broke anything. In college, you broke it, you owned it. Cash.

Supposedly siphon is good for lots of paint for large areas, i.e. don't need to change out a lot. Gravity better for what we do, i.e. move brush around and want to do things like camo lines or weathering or stuff like that, adjust the gravity feed to how we're going to use the airbrush angle. Never used them but wife said there are airbrushes in nail salons that take stuff in little dips on top of the airbrush.