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Thank you everyone, I really appreciate this help. So it sounds like using a large box fan and tapering down from the fan to a standard Dryer duct hose doesn't work due to the severely reduced flow. My outside outlet is about 6x12 inches - one of those typical air outlets along the base of a garage ...

Though I could get one of those $20 box fans...they move around 2500 CFM...

Wow Ken, that is fantastic info - extremely helpful! Three points of clarification: 1000 CFM? That is a ton! Most bathroom fans do between 50-100 CFM. Wanted to double check I'm reading that right. 2 fans in a row - you mean side by side? dedicating an exhaust to each fan - you mean ducting away fro...

Hi all, I've been scratch-building a spaceship of my own design (check it out on my Instagram if you are interested: https://www.instagram.com/barracudabay/). It's about 4 feet long and soon I'll be painting it. I plan to build a spray booth and I've never made one before. I'm familiar with the conc...

I primered my model, a 4 foot long scratchbuild, with krylon primer. It dried with a slightly Sandy texture to it. Not visible but you can feel it. I can't sand it down due to so much detail work. Is there some way to smooth it out, maybe with chemicals, without ruining the model?

Haha, thanks very much! Great advice. I will try that and I suppose I'll have to experiment with masking so as to minimize lifting undercoats. Appreciate the advice!

Thanks very much Blappy! You dont mind the pistol trigger versus a more traditional top trigger? Id thought users would prefer the ability to "point" at their work with the index finger when doing more fine detail work....

Thank you for the feedback! I wanted a Single Action as everything I've read about Duals is that they take a lot of practice. As this is my first time with an airbrush, I dont want to mess up the job over an over by starting with something too complicated. Is is possible to "lock" the Dual...

Hi all, I'm getting an airbrush setup and will get a Badger 250 for covering large areas (I'm working on a 4 foot model) but also want something for finer detail. The features I'm looking for are:

1. single action
2. gravity feed
3. easy cleanup

Any recommendations on a model? Thanks!

Hi all, about to buy my first airbrush so I can paint my scratch-built spaceship. I'd like to get a n effect of the hull that looks like this: https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.newtek.com%2Fattachment.php%3Fattachmentid%3D97311%26amp%3Bd%3D1313082179&sp=3b8f5...