I think I have come to realize one of most pleasurable things about this hobby! Is knowing you!! :-)) You are a one of a kind treasure for sure!!
OHHHHHH, thats strangely nice comment, to the King Of Rc Subs.
I hope we wont need to wait another 20 years for another one of those, altho I personally have never had a bad word to say about Mr. Merriman either.
Painting tips from The God Of Rc Subs!!
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David! Nothing EVER gets past you! (yes water is a solvent) Your common sense, and thinking outside the box never ceases to amaze me! I bet my old 40 year old Scuba Pro dive tanks could be modified (after they have been hydro tested of course) to do the same thing!
As for the air-brush, that is the one you recommended to me before. I am about to order it from Amazon as soon as I finish this post.
I think I have come to realize one of most pleasurable things about this hobby! Is knowing you!! :-)) You are a one of a kind treasure for sure!!
Rob
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I worked in a FX house with many artists using Air Brushes all day long that were made a little bit more silent by moving the compressor under their desks. with a FoamCore boix built around them, they also had a small tank inline, so the compressor was not constantly running. Its impossible to find a small compressor that is quiet I believe, but the higher quality ones designed for Artists are probibly a bit quieter than most.
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Air brushing equipment? Here is my indoor small shop situation. There are times an airbrush would have done a much better job of finish trim work than using a brush. I am looking for a system that will be somewhat quite (my wife's office is right next to my 200 square foot hobby room)
I will NOT be using any solvent base paints, only water base! As a Firefighter (many years ago) we had day's off, so we where able to start up a small wood working business on the side. I did all custom builds (entertainment centers, book cases, & custom furniture) I had a full size commercial spray booth and complete compressor driven spray equipment. So I do know the in's and out's of finishing fine woods. That all being said! I have never had nor used an airbrush system!
Seeking advice here on a QUITE compressor with reserve air tank and the type of airbrush you would recommend, and along with that if any of you are using a small desk top spray booth?
David M. steered in the direction of an inexpensive single action spray gun as a possibility!
Thanks for the input!
Rob
"Firemen can stand the heat"
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My question is the sometimes grey looking sails on Skipjack class subs. Is this just faded paint or how they were done? I don’t want mine, that I just ordered the SD for, to looked like it was just launched. I’m just a rattle can guy. Never learned to use an airbrush.
Casey
Boat's in the Pacific had the black-dark gray scheme, All above waterline horizontal surfaces black, all vertical surfaces a very dark gray (NOT Haze-gray!). WEBSTER sported this scheme when I was on her.
Boat's in the Atlantic were all black. The TRUTTA sported that scheme when I was on her.
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David! Nothing EVER gets past you! (yes water is a solvent) Your common sense, and thinking outside the box never ceases to amaze me! I bet my old 40 year old Scuba Pro dive tanks could be modified (after they have been hydro tested of course) to do the same thing!
As for the air-brush, that is the one you recommended to me before. I am about to order it from Amazon as soon as I finish this post.
I think I have come to realize one of most pleasurable things about this hobby! Is knowing you!! :-)) You are a one of a kind treasure for sure!!
Rob
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My question is the sometimes grey looking sails on Skipjack class subs. Is this just faded paint or how they were done? I don’t want mine, that I just ordered the SD for, to looked like it was just launched. I’m just a rattle can guy. Never learned to use an airbrush.
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I'm sorry, but You'll have to use a solvent based paint system. The current chemistry, the one in vogue today -- even in the automotive coatings industry -- employs this planets most reactive, universal solvent. Water!
You want quiet? I got your quiet! Go to the fire-house and have them bang up a fire-extinguisher bottle with 15 lbs. of CO2. Buy a single-stage Williams regulator, get the associated fittings, and slap it all together and presto-chango: you have your super-quiet gas source to drive your air brush/gun. That charge should last you a good year of heavy-duty model painting. No compressor, no volume tank, no water-particulate trap. Dirt simple, quiet, handy, and minimal foot-print in the shop.
Only air-brush you'll ever need is the Paasche H-model with the #1, #2, and #3 tip.
I have spoken! (crash of thunder).
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Question?
Air brushing equipment? Here is my indoor small shop situation. There are times an airbrush would have done a much better job of finish trim work than using a brush. I am looking for a system that will be somewhat quite (my wife's office is right next to my 200 square foot hobby room)
I will NOT be using any solvent base paints, only water base! As a Firefighter (many years ago) we had day's off, so we where able to start up a small wood working business on the side. I did all custom builds (entertainment centers, book cases, & custom furniture) I had a full size commercial spray booth and complete compressor driven spray equipment. So I do know the in's and out's of finishing fine woods. That all being said! I have never had nor used an airbrush system!
Seeking advice here on a QUITE compressor with reserve air tank and the type of airbrush you would recommend, and along with that if any of you are using a small desk top spray booth?
David M. steered in the direction of an inexpensive single action spray gun as a possibility!
Thanks for the input!
Rob
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YEAH! … what he said!
You want The God of R/C submarining? That would be Norbert Bruggen, pal. Other than painting that guys got it all in one sock! Europe has a tradition of excellent engineering and application in this field. Compared with some of those guys we're just simple hacks over here.
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Painting tips from The God Of Rc Subs!!
Kim Q:When you say paint "Big And Black" do you mean Gloss, Semi-Gloss, or Flat??
D.M, A: For scale effect go with a very dark gray. And for the initial coats go with a flat as that stuff dries quicker than a gloss (more surface area to off-gas as the rough texture presents much more area than a smooth gloss). Don't worry about the sheen of the paint till you spray on the clear coat -- that will be a flat and will even out the overall sheen of the presentation.Tags: None
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