Simple airbrush, paint and liquid mask recommendation?

[Northy]

Hi guys,

I fancy trying my hand at some simple shells again (I painted a few years ago), they won't be anything really fancy, just blocks of colour separated by black or silver lines probably.

I have a compressor, I'm looking for recommendation of the following:

Decent budget airbrush and the fixings required to connect to my compressor.
Paint.
Liquid mask.

Thanks,

G

[The Joker]

I use a Iwata Neo (about £45) and love it, easy to control and easy to strip and clean.
For Liquid mask I use RCS and for paints I use Vallejo Premium or Creatix.

[Ashlandchris]

Another vote for Iwata. I've had a couple of cheap brushes and they are just that.
Createx or fascolor paint and rcs liquid mask

[jimarea51]

Brrrrrrrrr.....

I've ben using the RCS liquid mask:-

http://www.rcsgraphicworx.co.uk/shop.php?cat=49

But i'm still using Pactra paint, starting to get down on supplies so i guess I'll be swapping over to water based paint soon...

JIm:thumbsup:

[skyaflake]

Iwata Neo is a very good choice indeed. And affordable. If you paint simple layouts, you could also use masking tape instead of liquid mask.

[StwBald]

Iwata kustom cs £140, did have veda180's £25, but they are worlds apart. Easier to sell the Iwata if ya decide to give up.

Paints, createx mostly, started getting wicked made by createx but seams to flow better.

3 coats of RCS liquid mask watered down 3 to 1. New 10a blade every body.

A lot of practice, don't be afraid to try new things and YouTube.

[Mike Parker]

Come by and see us at the next oOple round mate, I'll run through everything with you G 😀

[Northy]

I'm struggling to find all the colours of RCS paint that I need.
Is Faskolor any good? Can the two be used together?

Thanks,

G

[StwBald]

I use a mix of RCS, Faskolor, Createx and Wicked which are all water based and some RCS solvent based, as long as each coat is dry to the touch, then I find it ok, heat guns are good.

[Ashlandchris]

I use a mix of RCS, Faskolor, Createx and Wicked which are all water based and some RCS solvent based, as long as each coat is dry to the touch, then I find it ok, heat guns are good.

I also use a variety of Water Based paints. I use a hairdryer between coats

[Northy]

Thanks everyone for the help so far.

Can anyone recommend a water trap?
I've got a Lidl compressor: http://eviewer.netmedia-europe.be/cache/server?type=image&origin=pf&source=%2Fpromofolder_nl%2Farticles%2F2012%2F12%2F 27%2F10948%2Fn_lidlct112n0000078.jpg

G