Can anyone help with getting the right kit

[tiny tom]

My other half has started painting my shells, I want to get a air brush for her this christmas. But which one? My limit is £200
Be told Moore paint is the best to go for?
Many thanks Tom

[jonmiller]

What brush do they have at present? Have they complained about it at all?

A poor brush can be improved by skill and correct paint/thinning/air ratios, more paint will always be needed..

[tiny tom]

Doesn’t have a airbrush or compressor. Trying to find out what people think would be a good begginers kit.

[U1timate PigDog]

personally I would recommend looking on ebay and see if you can find a Iwata revolution at a good price make sure its gravity fed like the one ive linked here (if your lucky you will get hose and air filter with it)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Iwata-Revo...item19c891de92

I would try and get a half decent compressor (something that will provide upto at least 80psi)

And finally for paint, liquid mask etc contact Jon Miller and get some createx paint.

Heres the stuff you will need

• airbrush
• hose to fit from airbrush to compressor (may require a few fitings from local plumbing store)
• regulator (machine mart have these at around £10ish)
• Compressor
• Paint, liquid mask
• Highly recommend a Paint mask, (These are quite expensive around £25ish, but highly necessary in my opinion)

I dont think I've forgot anything but heres a couple of sites I'd look at for the stuff you need.

http://www.everythingairbrush.com/ac...mpressors.html
http://www.rcsgraphicworx.com/shop.htm
and obviously keep a eye on ebay for bargain deals

hope that helps somewhat.

[jonmiller]

ah, ok.

there are many variables but for starters I would say something like these..

comp - if noise isn't a problem
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EINHELL-24...item53e91734a3

brush
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AIRBRUSH-K...item43a74d7f4e

or as said, a revolution cr is a decent low end iwata

then you will have enough for some paints etc

[eyeayen]

If you're airbrushing at home noise is probably an issue. So I would suggest as has been before

http://www.everythingairbrush.com/ac...AS_Series.html I used one of these compressors at a demo for 2 days, running solidly, was okay, you need to let them cool down but when you're spraying a shell putting some paint on and then getting the hot air gun on the shell gives it time to catch up / cool down so these are okay. http://www.everythingairbrush.com/ac...AB_AS_196.html

These airbrushes are perfectly adequate to do a shell too http://www.everythingairbrush.com/ac...vity_Feed.html

And all that will come in well within budget.

[eyeayen]

Oh, and something we've all neglected to tell you. If you're buying an airbrush you want a Double action one, single action are like using an aerosol can, (although if you're Insa or Diam I'm sure there is nothing the matter with that). However if you want to be able to vary the thickness of lines and achieve clever effect double action airbrushes are where it's at !

[tiny tom]

Can anyone point me the right way for websites to help her get the understanding how to air spray?

[U1timate PigDog]

I'd recommend youtube and search on there, theres a couple of decent ones I would look at airbrushtricks.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1n64...E1E5EC6744A46B

this will get you started, but look through the rest of his vidoes and don't forget your working in reverse on rc bodies.

let us know how you get on and if you need anything else just ask, lots of great guys on here to help you out.

[eyeayen]

Because airbrushing is a bit "old skool" the library will probably have some decent books or you can pick up second hand ones from amazon. I wouldn't buy any DVD's though, expensive, don't show everything and once you've learnt they're only useful to stand your mug of coffee on !