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One guy I worked with in the Navy called it Zinc Primate one day, so I've been calling it that ever since.

Almost all of the airbrush ready paint from Comart or Golden include a red oxide. The Comart stuff works well, it is very thin coverage so you can build it up and it won't clog your airbrush.

The BBB are made in Germany and I'd rather give my financial support to the EU than China. I'm sure the quality is better also.

Just a personal choice. I like my standard of living in the free world.

Can anyone write a review of the Iwata Revolution (BCR if at all possible, cause thats the one I want to get). I just bought one of these a few weeks ago. I also own an Eclipse C and an HP-B. Based on my satisfaction with those, I bought the Revolution. So far I've sprayed Polyscale acrylic, Future...

ralphee wrote:I just upgraded to a micron, be nice to know the same as my previous brushes have been azteks!

With the Microns I believe you have to buy the nozzle and needle together since they are "matched" at the factory. So don't bend a needle or it will cost you.

They say they wear out, which could happen since paint pigment is abrasive and there is contact between the needle and the nozzle, but I think you'd have to use one hours a day for years for this to happen. I've got 3 Iwata airbrushes with the oldest being 5 years old and never changed a needle, nor...

I've been looking for some smaller sprue snips because the Xuron trimmers will often break small parts. I tried some of the tweezer style clippers, but they don't work well if the plastic is thick. The other day I saw some cuticle trimmers at BB&B and decided to try them. They work really well. ...

I used the LED calculator to come up with the correct resistors. I just have them hooked up directly to a 4xAA battery pack with NiMH batteries. Volts should be around 4.8 when they've got a good charge on. I did the resistor calc for 6V though in case I need to use alkalines. Should I stick in some...

Thanks for the response. I didn't know which way to calculate this. I know that as soon as my volts drop below Vf the LEDs will stop, but I think NiMH batteries try to hold voltageas long as possible since they're already .3 low from the 1.5V standard. Also my LEDs are 3.6Vf, so it's got to drop qui...

So, I have a LED array that uses 200mA and I have batteries that have a 2000mAH rated capacity. 4 batteries are in a AA holder in series giving me 4.8 volts. Should I have approximately 10 hours of life 2000mAH/200mA = 10 hours or do I have around 40 hours: (4 * 2000mAH)/200mA = 40 hours Thanks, Andy