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Paul Buckley
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Hi my name is Paul (as mentioned in my username)..big giveaway... buy hey ho..full of surprises me..
I live in the northwest (Manchester) U.K and I’m nearly 40.
I’m a complete newbie at this so bear with me..
I’ve got a few airbrushes which I will tell you about shortly. But the reason for venturing out into airbrushing scene was for a few reasons..
1 to learn how to restore defective items like scratches or paint blemishes on a small scale like car scratches or anything which is precious enough to want making good...Ive seen a magic man at work who repairs dents in window frames or furniture and sprays them back up to perfection.
2 general artist work, I loved art at school and I would sit and draw for hours to keep myself busy, and my mind exercised, I often use apps on my iPad to simulate the real thing which is now what I’m hoping to do by being on here.
3 to see how I fair up now I’m An adult....do have I still have the skills and patience to draw fantastic peices of work which inspire people. Let’s wait and see..!
Back to the airbrushes..
Well it started by a few impulsive bids on a famous auction site.. I got a deal on 2 iwata hp B and hp-C models... one was fine and one was temperamental plot nozzles bent needles, anyway I went online to a regional supplier and bought some new nozzles and needles... for them
when I come to fit them on the hp- B or C can’t remember which one..I managed to cross thread the nozzle.. I’m sure it wasn’t meant to fit and I bullied it in thinking it would go in..anyway I broke it.. it’s in bits now as spares..
Then I bought an hp A I think and a revolution one with a trigger.. which were both new..
The compressor I have is the iwata studio series..I bought this as a job lot of nail art paints and body paint.. must have had little use as everything was literally new..with some things unused..
The problem I have with things like this was the fact that I wanted to plug and play without doing any reading so hit a few schoolboy errors before I even got started..
I’d clogged the nozzles and struggled to maintain a constant flow..and as you probably guessed it got frustrating so packed it all away until I could find the inspiration and knowledge to do it properly again..
To the present day they’ve been boxed up for about 2 years with no intention to use them; but, I’ve suddenly got the urge to give them another blast..and now want to give it a go..
I’ve not got exact models or nib sizes to hand whilst I’m writing this as they are stuffed away somewhere and need rooting out..as I start to gain some knowledge I’ll get them all out and post up the specs and what works and what doesn’t..
Hopefully I can get some use out of them..and some advice on my previous pitfalls..
Thanks for reading and if you have anything to add or questions please feel free to post them up..
Thanks again
Paul
I live in the northwest (Manchester) U.K and I’m nearly 40.
I’m a complete newbie at this so bear with me..
I’ve got a few airbrushes which I will tell you about shortly. But the reason for venturing out into airbrushing scene was for a few reasons..
1 to learn how to restore defective items like scratches or paint blemishes on a small scale like car scratches or anything which is precious enough to want making good...Ive seen a magic man at work who repairs dents in window frames or furniture and sprays them back up to perfection.
2 general artist work, I loved art at school and I would sit and draw for hours to keep myself busy, and my mind exercised, I often use apps on my iPad to simulate the real thing which is now what I’m hoping to do by being on here.
3 to see how I fair up now I’m An adult....do have I still have the skills and patience to draw fantastic peices of work which inspire people. Let’s wait and see..!
Back to the airbrushes..
Well it started by a few impulsive bids on a famous auction site.. I got a deal on 2 iwata hp B and hp-C models... one was fine and one was temperamental plot nozzles bent needles, anyway I went online to a regional supplier and bought some new nozzles and needles... for them
when I come to fit them on the hp- B or C can’t remember which one..I managed to cross thread the nozzle.. I’m sure it wasn’t meant to fit and I bullied it in thinking it would go in..anyway I broke it.. it’s in bits now as spares..
Then I bought an hp A I think and a revolution one with a trigger.. which were both new..
The compressor I have is the iwata studio series..I bought this as a job lot of nail art paints and body paint.. must have had little use as everything was literally new..with some things unused..
The problem I have with things like this was the fact that I wanted to plug and play without doing any reading so hit a few schoolboy errors before I even got started..
I’d clogged the nozzles and struggled to maintain a constant flow..and as you probably guessed it got frustrating so packed it all away until I could find the inspiration and knowledge to do it properly again..
To the present day they’ve been boxed up for about 2 years with no intention to use them; but, I’ve suddenly got the urge to give them another blast..and now want to give it a go..
I’ve not got exact models or nib sizes to hand whilst I’m writing this as they are stuffed away somewhere and need rooting out..as I start to gain some knowledge I’ll get them all out and post up the specs and what works and what doesn’t..
Hopefully I can get some use out of them..and some advice on my previous pitfalls..
Thanks for reading and if you have anything to add or questions please feel free to post them up..
Thanks again
Paul