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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Noah Hofrichter I can tell you that I love Spray paint. Being a 13-year-old, I can't really afford an airbrush right now, so I use testors spray paints. The work really well. This is a model I did with spray paint. The entire stripe is a decal, with the lettering being clear letters so the paint shows through and it matches the paint color exactly. I hope I helped you some. Noah [/quote] Noah, YOUR ONLY 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![:0][:0][:0][:0][:0] I am impressed. Judging by your GP unit I didn;t start doing work even remotely approaching that kind of quality until I was in High School. When you get out of College, drop me a line, I would love to have you here at my Custom Paint Business. You have a bright and rewarding model building career ahead of you my friend. Now since I seem to be the forum's un-official authority on custom painting. (But by no means the only one.) I have found that exellent results can be had from both spray cans as well as an airbrush. The thing I found is that with a spray can you need to adjust the model for the spray conditions. (I.E. Large volume of paint over a large spray area) This often neccicitates working quickly to give ample and even coverage yet avoiding runs in the paint. Also overspray can be an issiue. I was working on an F-8 Crusader model one time and sprayed it Gloss Gull Gray from a spray can. That particular spray can seemed to generate large amounts of overspray which eventually settled on the model causing somewhat of an eggshell finish as well as on the adcacent floor cabinents and counter. (We were doing this in the downstars kitchen in the house we lived in when I lived in Newcastle.) After it all settled it was clean everything up with laquar thinner and sand the model. (Fortunatly the Eggshell texture sanded out without having to repaint) An airbrush on the other hand, you can control. (Even the cheap ones to a course extent) This allows you to adjust for the type of finish desired. (a Medium Voulme of paint with a wide spray pattern for painting solid color) Fine narrow spray for detail work. and a Tight super narrow spray for wheathering) An airbrush also allows you spray mixed colors to allow you to have accurately matched paint on all your models if desired. If you want my pick for the best general purpose airbrush, It is the Badger Model 200. It has the all the best qualities of a great airbrush. (Easy to use, easy to maintain, easy to make adjustments) And once you have gained a little practice with it, You can go on to make spectacular paint jobs. James
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