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Old Collingwood
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Thank you Alan, I have a few kits in my stash that will do well with the airbrush I am sure - from Tanks to Aircraft. OC. -
So guess what turned up yesterday - it cost me a fair bit (for plastic modeling, it makes a gentle puring sound and you can inflate tyres with it if you want to) yep my airbrush kit has arrived Cam in a huge box quite heavy and contained a bout a Million of those styrene bits for protection - did they fall all over the floor when taking the boxes out - "cause they did". Its put away in my model cupboard till I get around to trying it out. OC.
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Thanks Ken, I have purchased Two bottles of Vallejo airbrush cleaner, and will try thinning the acrylic paints using distilled water (will let some boild water go cold them put them in a few of my eye dropper empty bottles, that way I can gauge the mix by drops. OC.
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Very nice progress - sure looks like a large piece of kit. OC.
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Evening all, more progress - Black Paint time on the doors/frames and window frames, oh and look what arrived in the post - my Two carts to go outside on the roadway acting as a partial defence. OC.
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Very nice work mate, its a completley new science to me - so I will just follow on with an open mouth in amazed-ment of how thease 3d printing voo doo works. OC.
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That is looking lovely Alan, I think all who attempt and do well at this scale deserve a medal. OC.
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Very nice work mate - those breakwaters look so scale accurate - even include the partition for access by the look of it - most impressive. For so long we have been waiting for decent scale accurate kits - now we are spoiled for choice. OC.
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This is the best I can do Chris - I think on the out side of the wing there would be a half cone shape opening (imagine a cone cut down the middle, inside this the link rod would go where it would meet the pivit conection on the Aileron and the other way it would dissapeer inside the wing. Hope this helps - had a quick fiddle in Paint. OC.
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Thank you @king derelict and @lmagna both Lots of studying than playing around to do, think my first job will be priming my figures with my Vallejo Primer. OC.
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Yep, I have been watching some videos on spraying with acrylics and it shows the frequent cleaning of the airbrush - good job I brought some Vallejo cleaner - came today, I have been debating for paint thinners - distilled water or acrylic thinning agents? OC.
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I have brought my spray booth - its a 16x16x16Inch double wall cardboard flat pack box, last of the big spenders me lol. OC.
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Very nice work - lovely details. OC.
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That is Excellent close clean work mate - all your projects are like mini engineering jobs. OC.
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Evening all, paintwork continues - several coats of Flat White. OC.
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Mine wont have any sort of exhaust duct - it will just be a knocked up cardboard box with a turntable and my light peering in over the top. Like this - OC.
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I think mine will be - build the cardboard box best I can make sure it can be lit by my light, make sure door is always open (as it always is even If I am freezing) possible wear a muzzle(I mean mask) and gently spray the thing. OC.
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But the smell should be none existent using Vallejo acrylic paints and with the airbrush putting out such a fine mist surely it should be fine? that's what I keep telling myself otherwise I have wasted a lot of money on something I can not use, this is coming form someone who used to paint with Enamels in a living room environment, with all those vapours and fumes we were used to - and the thinners. OC.
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My problem is - I am a living room kit builder I am about 15 feet away from the admiral who has breathing issues from anything smelly, Even when I used to use tamiya rattle cans out side she could smell them - thats why I decided to make all my painting Acrylic and never use any other paint format, infact I have a stash of Tamiya rattle cans that need binning. Painting my figures has/is an Absolute delight as brushing on my acrylic paints has Zero affect on either of us - I was hoping uisng an airbrush with the same paints would be the same - that is why I brought it. OC.
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Where I sit its against a back wall with no window the closest outlet to me about Two feet to my side is our back door thats kept open even in the winter, I have been planning to make a cardboard box as its the only real route that works for me, I am also running out of space as its a tiny house we live in more like a shoe box. OC.
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That would be a bit tricky the venting side of things, I do sit next to our open door leading into our garden/yard and and I have my table light that is more than strong enough that is adjustable in height and reach, as long as that can peer over the top of the box - it will be ample light. I am trying to do it without any expense as I have been giving my wallet some serious knocking and its starting to complain. Oh - I have seen turntables for a few quid on flea bay. OC.
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