mike morley

Try Tin cans.

Or try painting soemthing else with little value. I use round and square sections of plastic drain-pipe/guttering.

It build comfort with the airbrush and it doen't matter if things go wrong.

Luke

It can be dispiriting. You get better results with better equipment. But it’s difficult to justify if things don’t go well from the start. 

"You get better results with better equipment. But it’s difficult to justify if things don’t go well from the start."

Oh boy!  Does that ring true!

Some years ago I bought my first airbrush and compressor from a now defunct local model shop that the proprietor assured me was "Perfect for the beginner". After two weeks of dismal failure I went back to him, seeking advice.  He asked what set-up I'd got.  When I told him he snorted derisively.  "I'm not surprised you're not getting anywhere using rubbish like that!"

I've now got a Badger 200 and a decent compressor (bought elsewhere, of course) but the expectation of failure has become so ingrained it's now self-perpetuating.

A friend has suggested I enroll on one of Missenden's airbrushing courses, but that quite definitely counts as throwing good money after bad.