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Now its time for the fun part, painting. I dont have a spray booth or anything, i just paint on a big box in my garage. Its not fancy, but it does the job. [IMG]http://img215.exs.cx/img215/4198/im0004511yx.jpg[/IMG] Sorry about the bad picture quality, this camera has a shutter speed of a few seconds and my hands arent very steady. Airbrushing is a fairly easy technique to grasp, and a good one to have in your modeler's bag of tricks. I painted this first coat with Polly Scale paint thinned 10% with distilled water. I like to paint with about 38 psi for large areas (such as an engine) and a little less for small details and weathering. Some may say 38psi is too much, but it is what gives the best results for me. How much pressure you use really depends on how you paint. Its all a personal opinion. Here are a few tips: 1. NEVER over-paint. A thin coat is always better. Keep in mind you can go back with another coat if you dont feel you have the coverage you want, but the worst thing you could do is to get impatient and flood the model with paint. Not only will it run and bead up, it will obscure all the details on the model. In a word, Thinner is better! 2. Before paint ever touches the model, you need to get a good, even spray. Use a blank piece of paper for this. Start off with the paint nozzle closed, and start the flow of air. Slowly open the nozzle until you get a nice even spray. Then you are ready to put paint to primer. 3. ALWAYS use primer, even if it is an undecorated model, primer will give the paint better "bite" and you will get a better looking coat that will last longer. I just use primer in a spray can that you can get at any hardware store. Spray cans put out a lot of paint so keep at least 8 inches off the model when spray can painting. 4. Use a little piece of pantyhose held to the end of the siphon tube with a rubber band, This will filter out any particles in the paint that could clog your airbrush. 5. Always spray your lightest color first, its a lot easier to cover up a light color with a dark one the a dark color with a light one. These engines will be mostly red, but I spray the yellow first because the red will easily cover it up. If you practice and use these helpful little tips, you should get something like this: [IMG]http://img239.exs.cx/img239/7822/im0004527kp.jpg[/IMG] Dont be discouraged if your first attempts dont turn out too well, practice makes perfect. next post: Masking
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