Airbrush Setups

A few people have asked about my airbrush, so I will turn the answer into a post. The first photo is my corner of the garage set up for airbrushing. I have the cardboard box from a big flat screen TV cut in half sitting on an old table. The cardboard is a little over kill because I only spray the smallest amount of paint but the husband is very insistent that the garage stays one colour. (I don't blame him, I'm not the cleanest of painters).

I always put clean newspaper down each time, this saves the cardboard and is easy clean up. Old dark magazines are perfect for testing light colours, the newspaper is fine for dark ones. Make sure you have plenty of paper towel on hand, its always useful. 

This is my airbrush, a Delta 81009 which was a christmas present form my parents. When looking for airbrushes look for double action one with gravity fed paint supply. 

I normally remove the end needle guard when painting, it just collects paint then splats it all over the model. 

This is my, though the husband thinks its his, compressor. Brought on mega deal on black friday last year. I don't know much about compressors really... just look for one with a moisture trap, this helps remove moisture and debris from the air.  

This foal is my latest airbrush victim. Trying to get that soft fuzzy foal colour right.