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  1. Second time in a row that I recommend Harder & Steenbeck Evolution (or a cheaper brother, like the Focus). Depending on your brother's budget, this may be a great choice. It is a fantastic airbrush (well, all H&S airbrushes I've tested are equally great) and the cheaper models may be around 100€ os so. I've heard and read many good comments about Grex airbrushes, but I haven't used one of them myself. My first double action airbrush (my first airbrush was single action) was an AB300, sold by many brands (Badger, Chaves, AL) and it was very good, but a bit difficult to clean and
  2. I'm going to suggest you a double action airbrush instead. I started airbrushing with a single action airbrush, thinking that being a newbie the "correct" path was using first a single action, then a double action airbrush. I still lament that decision... If money is an issue, maybe a single action airbrush is better, but my Harder & Steenbeck Evolution wasn't expensive (about 150$ or so, not much for such a tool), came with two tips/needles and it is amazingly easy to clean, since the tip is floating. You can disassemble it entirelyin a matter of 30 seconds. It is easy to use and durable
  3. Hi Pete I know that store, and I have one Poly near where I live (in the north of Madrid), and in La Vaguada, I'll check both. Thanks a lot :lol: Gracias ;) Raúl
  4. Hi James Yes, you're right, I should have gone to the Testors website first and check if there were Spanish dealers. I'll do ASAP :lol:)) Thanks a lot and sorry for the delay in replying, I didn't notice there were replies and the system didn't email me to warn me! Raúl
  5. Hi Richy Thanks a lot for the information. I'll keep an eye on this kind of compressors Raúl
  6. Hi RichyJ :P The page doesn't say the dB level of the motor. Is there any dB figure on the user manual or whatever other papers came with the compressor. If the noise is low, it is a VERY interesting purchase. It looks small and if it is silent... I would tolerate a bit more noise that my current motor is making (very low, being a refrigerator motor) for the decrease in size... Thanks for the link! Raúl
  7. Hi CeeTee Well, I've read many different opinions about these paints, so I don't think you will get any "definite" answer. Anyway, this is my experience... Vallejo Model Air are, to date and together with Andrea New Color range, the most scratch resistant paint I've ever airbrushed. This is a virtue as well as a vice, because they won't peel using a degreaser, as Gunze or Tamiya, so if you have to remove the paint from a kit or even a piece, your best bet is using alcohol and a toothbrush. The finish is, IMHO, superb. A bit on the flat side, I would say. The color range (more than 90, if
  8. Hi jmixon When I bought my compressor I didn't have much money to buy one, so I bought a very noisy (but amazingly cheap) one, and converted it... If money is not a problem, there are plenty of models out there, from Grex to Silair, all probably above 400USD. But if you want to have a silent-but-cheap compressor, you can do what I did. I went to the mall and bought a 1/4HP compressor for less than 100EUR (120USD, maybe?). This kind of compressors can produce between 90 and 100dB, so your toddler not only won't sleep, she may go up to your modelling room and eat your head off Well, afte
  9. Hi Hineni I'm currently using a homemade silent compressor using the tank of a very noisy one and a refrigerator motor, but that is not going to last forever and I don't know where to get a motor replacement unless I find a broken refrigerator with a working motor, which is weird. The thing is that I would love to see a parts list and other suggestions for a CO2 setup. I don't know if I can get refills in Madrid, Spain, but right now I don't even know how to build a CO2 setup, the pieces I would need, etc. Thanks a lot in advance Raúl
  10. Hi dudes It's been long since I was last here: I've been a bit apart from modelling lately. But, I'm back and with a question I would love to test Pollyscale gloss and flat coats, because I've always read here that they are very good. I would like to test the flat version specially, since although I'm happy with the ones I use (mainly Gunze-Sangyo Flat Clear and New Andrea Colors Matt Varnish, with Vallejo Model Air flat varnish at times) the "flatness" usually depends a lot on proper dilution, low humidity in air, etc... The problem is that I've never seen these paints in Madrid, and buy
  11. Hi all I've been disconnected from the forums for a long time, probably the same time I've been disconnected from the hobby but I've decided I'm going to model again. Well, I've searched the forum for questions about liquid masks and I still don't know which liquid mask could I use over acrylic that I can buy in Spain. All liquid masks I've tried leave a faint halo over the paint, due to the solvent (ammonia, mainly, but MicroMask uses water as far as I know and leaves a halo too!), and I don't know where to buy Ambroid or similar. Does anyone know what can I use as a liquid mask that is
  12. Hi all I've installed a much more precise regulator and gauge to my compressor, which has a tank The problem has been already mentioned: when the air is flowing the pressure doesn't hit only the gauge, and the air cannot sustaing the flow and the pressure at the same time. My doubt has nothing to do with calibration, and I already knew that with air flow you have less pressure, but I'm used to measure pressure without air flow (for example in tires) and it just doesn't seem natural to do the same with the airbrush, whose nature is 'airflowing' (not like a tire, where the air doesn't natur
  13. Hi buddies Sometimes people give directions about air pressure when airbrushing (you know, "spray at 15 PSI, three inches, etc."), but I've never known how to measure air pressure using the pressure-gauge on my air compressor. I mean, if you say '15 PSI', you measure that pressure with air flow on or off? If I set for example 20 PSI in my pressure regulator and then I press the airbrush button, while air flows the pressure drops to 15 PSI more or less. If I want 15 PSI while the air flows I have to set 20 PSI on the regulator. So my question is about how do you measure pressure, with the a
  14. Hi 'evolution' The higher grade I have is 2000. I use it for polishing the plastic (just before Tamiya compound and the like), reparing canopies, etc. Apart from that, I use always 400 wet for general sanding, 600 and 1000. I don't feel the need of having more grains (some people uses 400, 600, 800,1000, 1200, 1500 and 2000, and I've seen even 4000...). Raúl
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