Man I sure hope ya clean out that pig barn but I guess it does beat painting in on ol chicken coop all that down flying around could make for an interesting time slinging paint.
I'm ready, I just need our freezing Nor Cal temps to warm up just a bit - it has been getting down into the high 40s here - brrrrrrIt's so new looking Now go load paint and get it dirty
That's how it's done. Now put that Guiness in that bottle -.-Ok, so now that I know where the secret hidden "Upload a File" button is (you tricky devils...) here's the setup that I current have
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Oh nice setup, hey wait I recognize that brush ``squints eyesOk, so now that I know where the secret hidden "Upload a File" button is (you tricky devils...) here's the setup that I current have
...is the corn for scale, or you are taking airbrushing into strange new levels?...
Not quite following you on the importance of baby corn to automotive paints. Unless it's actually a can of lima beans that you painted over...Ahhh, someone finally noticed the non-Iwata baby corn!, Very important part of the puzzle, I figured that as important as baby corn is to painting automotive paints that I should include it with my first airbrushing attempts.
Oh nice setup, hey wait I recognize that brush ``squints eyes
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Not quite following you on the importance of baby corn to automotive paints. Unless it's actually a can of lima beans that you painted over...
You any closer to painting yet or is it still too cold?
meh you will be professional in no time, putting my portraits to shameYeah, my idea was to get an SBS, mess around with it for a while, then invite someone over like yourself to do the real artwork while I sweep the floor and watch, then take credit as "Co-Creator"
It's a plan, maybe flawed, but it is a plan!
Hello all!
I found this site a bit of a while ago and have lurking around it and of course rabbit holing through YouTube.
First, let me say, unlike most of your folks, I am NOT an artist. When I was young, I wanted to be an artist but with no skills I ended up with circle templates, straight edges and ended up becoming a design engineer.
I also LOVE taking a perfectly good car, motorcycle or boat, tearing it apart, spending a bunch of time (and money) on em and making them mine! My current ride is a ’65 Caddy Deville Drop Top that lays frame.
Anyways about a year and a half ago I got into painting (automotive) and have so far only done small projects, some subwoofer boxes (that I made) and a couple of motorcycle tanks with pretty simple graphics. They have come out pretty well for a rookie weekender hack.
I have a nice upright 60 gallon upright tank with a 6-hp compressor and an air treatment wall.
That has been my latest crack-like addiction, started with one set of cheap spray guns (Devilbiss Starting Lines), which turned into needing a better spray gun (Devilbiss Finish Line), which led to another better spray gun, selling the first two cheapies guns and getting a better spray gun (Sagola 4600), then another (Sagola 4600) for only clears, then picking up an ANI R150 mini-gun along with a Sagola Mini-Extreme for more detail candies and pearls, then of course a full size ANI F150 for spraying flakes.
And now I have been looking at some airbrushes mostly for shading using the automotive basecoat paints in candies and pearls.
Most of my work will be on horizontal laid surfaces.
But now I am lost as I have been looking at everything from:
Devilbiss Dagr – I like the removable larger cup
Iwata Eclipse HP CS – Seems like the cup is kinda small for what I want to do
Iwata Eclipse HP BCS Siphon Bottle Feed – Now were talking…
Iwata Rg-3L – Cant find any real reviews or information – decent (cheap) price
Iwata Eclipse G3 – Now that really looks familiar! I can get a larger cup also but a bit pricey
Iwata Eclipse G6 fitted with a siphon bottle or the optional cup! Again a little pricy
Anyway, this turned into a little more than an introduction and I guess I should post some questions over in the Rookie, Beginner, Weekend Hack section!
Hell I paint out in my garage in the 40's LMAO.I'm ready, I just need our freezing Nor Cal temps to warm up just a bit - it has been getting down into the high 40s here - brrrrrr
David host some great classes plus check out Coast Aribrush TV http://www.coastairbrushtv.com/ and maybe even a third jobStill too cold to paint here in Nor Cal, probably a month away.
And OH MY!! I just spent way too much time going through the AutoAir website! Then I saw Coast Airbrush's classes down in SoCal... I may need a second job after finding this forum!