Cakefool posted:

Those compressor prices sound ridiculous, try this one, exactly the same tank I've got, $148 shipped. It comes with a free hose which I had to pay an extra £10 for, regulator built in, it's reasonably quiet too.

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

If you can find them locally, Vallejo paints are amazing. They have a standard range as well as thinner range ready for airbrush use. They're a bit pricey, so ordering them can definitely cost you a bit. Model Master are pretty good too. Freak Flex and Freestyle paints are also really good for AB use, but you're unlikely to find those on a store shelf, so they would be order only.

Avoid Testors. Yeah, it's found everywhere, but the quality is crap and it'll look crap on your models and clog an AB in a heartbeat.

As for the your earlier question about CO2 tanks, yeah, the link you provided is basically the setup I have, and would work great for you should you go that route.

The Locator posted:

It's been 20 years since I used an airbrush, and Harbor Freight wasn't a thing back then, so I can't give an opinion on their brush.

On the compressor though, yes, you can run a line up to your hobby room, and then mount a water trap and pressure regulator there, and it will work fine. Given the pressure and volume of air that the air brushes use, you might consider going with your tank system just to see if you like it before you invest the time into running a remote line.

For pressure, I had a Badger bottom feed dual action brush, and depending on the paint, I typically ran 15-24psi. The volume of air used was very low, so a full tank on my compressor (it's a large stand-up compressor in the garage) would last a very long time. I think I probably lost as much air to the normal leak-down of the compressor as the brush would use unless I was doing a huge amount of painting all at once (like, priming 2 dozen airplanes at the same time or something).

Wild EEPROM posted:

Don't cheap out on a brush, whether it is a paintbrush or an airbrush.

Just skip the single action brushes and buy a dual action one. Something like a Badger 100, 155, or an iwata revolution of some sort.

I like the ones with the cup on top, since it's one less part to clean and to lose.

adary posted:

As long as you have a way to regulate your pressure to anywhere between 7 and 30 psi, you are golden, and you will rarely go anywhere over 12 psi when using airbrush for scale models. Only time I ever use anything above 15 is working on my miniatures, and only for Vallejo primer which likes high pressures (25 psi or so).

As for airbrush, what ever you do don't get the Harbor Freight piece of garbage. It might cost $35 but you might as well take that money and throw it in the bin ...

iwata NEO are very decent airbrushes that will set you back around $50 or less if you find a good deal. With an airbrush you do need some kind of airbrush hose (connectors will be different from what you have) something to clean it with (don't use windex ...)

If you can afford a good airbrush, go for Badger 105 Patriot series which is brilliant, and costs somewhere around $110

adary posted:

The Locator posted:

I did a bunch of stuff over the month of December, but very little work on the boat, but I finally did manage to get back to it and make some progress.

Part of what I did over the holiday's was to finally get my hobby room up and running. Yay! I got rid of the carpet, and put together another workbench (and got a small folding table) to begin with. I plan to add a lot more to this, but hey, it's a start!

Baronjutter posted:

My wife got me a table lamp magnifier thing. I basically don't work on anything small unless it's the exact hours the sun comes in the window and even then the lighting sucks. I can finally see poo poo now!!!


Also I really really need to clean my hobby space up.