I think I'm ready to try an airbrush

[heppnerguy]

On 9/16/2022 at 7:00 PM, jollyred said:

I am getting rid of most of my spray cans and using the Harbor Freight Quick Change airbrush in place of them.  I think the "regular" airbrushes have too small a paint cup to cover much area with one filling, so you are constantly stopping to add paint.  Also, one of the important parts of using an airbrush is keeping it clean.  The HF Quick Change airbrush only needs the bottle cleaned, the other parts of it never touch paint.  Most importantly, the learning curve is much shorter.

Here is a YouTube video on using one.  (1) Scale Model Tips - Testing Harbor Freight's $10 Airbrush - Is It Any Good?? - YouTube

I also have a "regular" airbrush that I use on more detailed and smaller work.  But I still use brushes sometimes. LOL

Tom

 

I have 4 air brushes but almost never use them. I saw your post and watched the video. I bought  one the next day. I  know it is a cheap one but I was painting a fairly large item and there was no detail needed. It worked perfect and if it did not work for me,,, well $10 is not big thing. I did need to unscrew the metal part in order to raise it up a tad to get in  aligned properly with the gun but after that, it  worked perfectly and I did not need to clean the gun. Made me happy.

Dick

heppnerguy