RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted January 31, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2010 Anyone used one of these? sounds good from the blurb but I would appreciate other webbers feedback on their experience with this product cheers Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Anyone used one of these? sounds good from the blurb but I would appreciate other webbers feedback on their experience with this product These were discussed at some length on one of the previous versions of RMweb - perhaps all of the previous versions! From reading those threads, I seemed to be very much in the minority of users who were happy with their results. It does take a LOT of cleaning out. One little tip - if you have paint left over and pour it back into the tin - don't put the lid back on straight away, let the disolved gas come back out of solution for a couple of hours, swirling the tin every 20 minutes, then when you put the lid on the tin, g-clamp it to the workbench overnight. I didn't consider the disolved gas and put the lid back on, then went away and did something else. I came back an hour later to discover the lid lying next to the tin, and whilst I was convincing myself I had put the lid on, I noticed a small drop of paint on the over-bench cupboard, I then discovered a perfect circle of Network SouthEast blue paint on the workshop ceiling the same size as the lid! Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted January 31, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2010 hmmm, thanks for the feedback, so, woyld you say that you get similar sorts of results as using say a commercial car spray using Humbrol paints? Did you thin the paint (apart from adding the proellant etc)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 hmmm, thanks for the feedback, so, woyld you say that you get similar sorts of results as using say a commercial car spray using Humbrol paints? Yes, very similar. Did you thin the paint (apart from adding the proellant etc)? No the propellent is liquified propane/butane, so it thins the paint for you. I would suggest adding rather more propellent than the minimum, as it will help even out the spray performance. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted January 31, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2010 Sounds promising, you weren't tempted by their own propellant then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Buy a airbrush much better and far less hasle. I had on and sold it on. I had paint bubbling for days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 So what happens to the liquid butane/propane when it comes out of the paint? I can hear 'well ventilated space' and 'no naked flames'. Not sure I'd want to use anything like that. when air is non toxic/flammable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted January 31, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2010 I had paint bubbling for days on the model or in the tins? To be fair, an airbrush would be nice, but is a hell of an investment when all I want to do is spray a couple of loco bodies one colour that you can't get in aerosol form. At a tenner (plus postage plus a can of lighter fuel) it's tempting .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruciethefish Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Honestly Ian, with the volume of modelling you do, I'm astounded that you don't own an airbrush! Go on, treat yourself... you'll wonder how you ever got by without one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted February 1, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2010 Yeah, but most of my models are black Serves me right for being tempted into making a couple of powder blue "diseasels" An airbrush will happen one day I guess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 on the model or in the tins? To be fair, an airbrush would be nice, but is a hell of an investment when all I want to do is spray a couple of loco bodies one colour that you can't get in aerosol form. At a tenner (plus postage plus a can of lighter fuel) it's tempting .... Ian I have had similar thoughts, but I decided to bite the bullet and buy a compressor (I have a decent airbrush) I mentioned this to a friend down the golf club on satutday and he told me 2 weeks ago he brought this compressor with 2 airbrushes, he is over the moon with it. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290381971522 just going to order mine now. Must work out cheaper in the long run and can be used on the layout as well as with stock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted February 1, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2010 OK, to quote Fish (Forgotten Sons - Script for a Jester's Tear) "The Discision has been made" I'm ordering a Superspray for now and adding an airbrush to my birthday list in June, that eBay kit looks quite good value ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 OK, to quote Fish (Forgotten Sons - Script for a Jester's Tear) "The Discision has been made" I'm ordering a Superspray for now and adding an airbrush to my birthday list in June, that eBay kit looks quite good value ... Ian PM me in June and I can tell you of my friends and my experance with this model, if I can manage to use it any one can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted February 2, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2010 might not wait until June, just checked out that seller on Amazon and the price is a lot higher than on eBay, not sure how long they can hold the price at the eBay level .... Superspray is ordered. I hope that I can get on with it and it will be used for large area coverage such as whole loco spraying. Should pay for itself as I can get away with buying a tinlet at GBP2.50 rather than a can at 7 or 8 quid that I don't use 1/3 of ... To be honest, I can see that both devices will have their uses in future Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckjumper Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 OK, to quote Fish (Forgotten Sons - Script for a Jester's Tear) "The Discision has been made" Right album, wrong song. The Web. :icon_thumbsup2: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted February 2, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2010 Arrgh! you're right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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