hair and dust

Randy,
I take a large-ish tupperware box (or something similar) and carefully place it over the painted piece until it's dry. I usually put a popsicle stick under one end to allow a little bit of "breathing" to occur.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
LeeTree

You can also use a lagre cardboard box and cut a few notches out of the rim (bottom when upside down) for circulation. It will "breath" a little more than a plastic bin too but both will work well.

Eric

HEY,
Thanks to both of you. I dont know why i didnt think of that.

Randy

I use the same method as described by the other posters, but for larger pieces (1/48 aircraft) I use a plastic shoe container. It is about 15x20 inches and will hold 1/48 aircraft as large as an F-15 (my Tamiya F-15J fit perfectly!). I just put the aircraft in and close the lid. There is a special vent built into the lid (probably to get rid of the wonderful smell of your sweaty feet!) that is perfect for venting the solvent fumes. I also have a few smaller ones that will hold models as large as a 1/35 tank or 1/24 car.
Perfect!

You can get a large Rubbermaid box with the "breathable" lid that will accomodate 1/72 4 engine bombers or some of the large 1/48 jets without much difficulty. I have a couple of those by the workbench.

To help, use acyrlic paints, they dry to the touch within an hour, and usually stop being tacky enough to keep dust after about 15 minutes or so.(at least if you brush paint, I have no idea how long it is for you airbrushers...) This will VASTLY lower the amount of dust! After that, if you are still having problems with dust, I usually either sand or look for a way to hide the dust(IE: Pray it's where a decal has to go!). But yeah, a shoebox would be a good idea.