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Air Compressor
Posted by PwjWettlaufer on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:00 PM

I bought this air compressor years ago when i was in my teens, ive never really used it at all but now that im getting back into modeling again i was just wondering if this thing is any good or if i should invest in something else.  I also included a picture of my airbrush which i also know nothing about.

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    September 2004
  • From: Utereg
Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 2:48 AM

It is a starting point. And a good combination for the Badger 350 that you are using. In my experience a better compressor gets better results (less pulsing and moist air) but if you are getting back into the hobby this set up is okay. Maybe along the way you want to invest in better equipment but I would focus on the basics first before spending money.

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 9:12 AM

It looks like that compressor has a regular pipe fitting outlet.  A cheap moisture trap should take care of the moisture.  

My current tankless/filterless compressor does pulse like mad, but I find it does not affect the painting.  A bit irritating, but I guess that is the price I pay for a cheap silent compressor.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 9:24 AM

Don mentioned a moisture trap,I would get one of those moisture trap-regulator combos for sure,unless that's what Don meant.

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 10:47 AM

Compared with Borg, Don and Tojo, I know nothing, relatively speaking.

But as another newbie here who also only recently returned to the hobby, wanted to chime in and mention that I also had a decades old compressor from the old days. I went out and bought a new one. Now think I would have had just as good a starting point had I gone out and bought a regulator, or better a regulator/moisture trap combo as mentioned by all three of the more experienced modelers above.

Welcome, btw.

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Thursday, July 18, 2013 9:15 AM

Some regulators have moisture traps built in, others do not.  You can buy just moisture traps that go in series with the regulator, for those regulators that do not.  They are not that expensive.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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