Andy's £10 airbrush adventures.

[U1timate PigDog]

Couldn't of put it better myself Ian lol.

I think if you search the forums far and wide you will find most painters using the following paints, Createx, Autoair (also make createx), faskolor, Pactra and of course Jons brand of candies, chromes and holo paints. I'm not sure if any of the paints (other than Jons) mention use on lexan but they certainly work

[coleman758]

Createx, Fascolour & Autoair! Those are the best!
RCS chrome is the best ive used by far

[andys]

Another one - painted up last night.
This one is for little Thomas Gill's new 210 - hence TG in the style of the TD logo

Sort of slightly Mclarenesque in terms of colours as thats what he wanted - a bit like the B4 shell I did for him before.

A combination of liquid mask - stencils and vinyl cut on the plotter.

There are NO STICKERS on the shell - it's all paint

[eyeayen]

That's lovely mate, very impressed with that and the TG logo, nice touch

The only bit I'd pick up on is I'm not totally sure on the fade, looks like you need to thin the paint a little more or up your pressure a touch ?

The shapes of the design is great though, as you'd expect from a graphic designer

[Cream]

Some stunning looking shells there Andy. Such clean lines.

[andys]

Originally Posted by eyeayen

That's lovely mate, very impressed with that and the TG logo, nice touch

The only bit I'd pick up on is I'm not totally sure on the fade, looks like you need to thin the paint a little more or up your pressure a touch ?

The shapes of the design is great though, as you'd expect from a graphic designer

Cheers fella

I'm still using my 20+ year old Tamiya Spraywork, it's on or off - no pressure settings !
Paints are still sprayed from aerosol cans into the airbrush cup - so no way to thin them !

I really need a proper airbrush / compressor and paints, can't decide what to buy though - don't want to spend a fortune as I do ok with my old gear and £10 ebay airbrush.

The paint did go a bit odd around the windows on the side you can see in the piccies - I didn't use window masks, which was a mistake, i'll not do that again. Liquid mask is ace, but can be tricky in tight spots.

[andys]

Originally Posted by Cream

Some stunning looking shells there Andy. Such clean lines.

Cheers

[def12007]

Hi mate do you use a robo craft ,if so whats it like to use i may invest in one

[eyeayen]

Originally Posted by andys

I'm still using my 20+ year old Tamiya Spraywork, it's on or off - no pressure settings !
Paints are still sprayed from aerosol cans into the airbrush cup - so no way to thin them !

You should be able to get an inline regulator, it will have a built in water trap and you can adjust the air that way, those things on the front of the airbrush that adjust the pressure aren't very good ( well they weren't very good on the one's I've used anyway ). Regulators at the base of this page http://www.everythingairbrush.com/ac...AS_Series.html

Paint wise, get some celulose thinner, get some bottles from Jon, or a pipet dripper type thing, spray aerosol into airbrush cup, drip in a few drips of thinner, mix it up with your brush, spray out the first bit as it won't mix down to the tip, once you've got some paint through you'll see it's thinner and will spray much better

Originally Posted by def12007

Hi mate do you use a robo craft ,if so whats it like to use i may invest in one

I spent out on a Roland STX-7, really good cutter, my mate picked up a Craft Robo for about £100 from ebay, less than a quarter of what I paid and it cuts everything just as well as mine does. As long as you can drive the software to use it you'll not regret getting it !

[andys]

Originally Posted by def12007

Hi mate do you use a robo craft ,if so whats it like to use i may invest in one

Yes - Craft Robo, it's good but takes a while to get a good result as there's quite a few variables - speed / pressure / the vinyl you put through / the software etc.

I've found if you go too small it 'cocks up' and you end up with bits coming away and getting jammed in it etc - can be frustrating !

Also, I painted over the vinyl masks, then when it came to removing each element - I could not see where the joins were - took me bloody ages !

Here's an image of the design I created / the cutter file and the final side profile on the shell.

[Matt Butcher]

Do you know what font the TD / TG logo is?

Cheers

[andys]

Originally Posted by Matt Butcher

Do you know what font the TD / TG logo is?

Cheers

Hi.

I'm working on a Mac and used the font - Planet Kosmos

Andy

[jonmiller]

looks sharp andy

and yes, it is planet kosmos as mentioned

[ASR]

Very smart, i'm sure little tommo will love it!!!

[andys]

Originally Posted by ASR

Very smart, i'm sure little tommo will love it!!!

I bet he will be even happier when he gets the actual car

[andys]

Hi fella.

The character set is limited, you have to draw the missing ones yourself

[LRP]

great work matie think i need to do more on the computer , what program are u using ? cheers si

[andys]

Any program that creates a vector file should work.

I use illustrator and the Craft Robo plugin to send the files straight to the cutter.

[eyeayen]

It works fine with Inkscape too which is open source software and therefore can be and can be downloaded completely free of charge from

http://inkscape.org/

[Mike Parker]

Shilly!!

Loving the 2 shells you've done for andy & mr gill really nice work with the cutter, and with the templates & final finish!!

Regards paints, catch me at the next regional or Batley meet mate & I'll have a chat with you