im gonna be dixieart shoppin' fool for the next 6 months!!

Sounds like a good deal Chris.

Mike

aw. NUB!

just kidding, you lucky @$$

I'd be more worried about making the wife jealous, than us!!! LOL

hey kik36, ive already taken care of that, i cut her a check to go shopping for some homey do dads, and when she returned with them, i hung them for her and told her how well it looked. yep, just spent the last couple of hours moving and hanging pics and what nots and grinning and baring it. thinking the whole time, i cant wait till tomorrow!! later.

Good move!!! You must be a chess player, sounds like a classic Gambit to me!!!

i played alot of chess while in the navy. i got my butt kicked regularly. i wouldnt know what a gambit is but ill take your word for it. later.

Saltydog,

Read your post. I was wondering why you got the .4mm conversion for your HP-C? I picked up one of these a couple months ago, then bought the HP-CS which is what I have been using and absolutely love. My HP-C is still NIB. Anyway, was just wondering and thanks in advance for your response.

Chuck B.

cbreeze, i bought the conversion kit because at first spray with the .3mm n/n i had to constantly make small tweaks with the trigger to keep the line i needed. while making the small tweeks, i had to adjust my distance incase too much paint blurted out all of a sudden ruining my finish. in my limited experience, my judgement says the .3mm n/n combo is maybe too small to handle model paints. ofcourse, theres probably many hp-c owners out there that could airbrush circles around me with the .3mm n/n. i love to spray cammo patterns free hand so the fine line is a must. i was experiencing the same frustrations with my omni. i read on this forum the praises of the iwata eclipse and i had some extra money so i went to dixieart.com to purchase it. when i went to the iwata page i noticed the conversion kit for $50 which was cheaper than the eclipse ($105.00) so i decided to purchase it first and save a little money. i installed the conversion kit and man what a difference. i can achieve the fine line with ease!!! i mean with ease!! i just cant help myself now, im gonna purchase the iwata hp-cs now. your post encourages me even more. its amazing what the .01mm size difference made. im a happier modeller dew to the iwata hp-c with the .4mm n/n combo. anyway, thats my story. later.

Saltydog,

Thanks for the response. I bought my C after reading some reviews. I later found that It is a higher end brush and not suited for modeling. I went and ordered the CS and a new smart jet compressor and all I can say is WOW. I thought I would keep the C and just see what happened.

I guess the bottom line for airbrushing is experience more than equipment. There are probably modelers out there that can do anything with any brush. As for myself, I am just getting back into modeling after about a 15 year vacation. My only experience with an airbrush was a Binks, Wren single action gun. I still have the Wren and it is pretty much idiot proof. Right now, I am perfecting my skills and don't want to make it any more difficult than it is. The CS has been a dream to experiment with and I am pretty comfortable with it right now but I still need experience with tthe paint. I would like to keep my C and it now looks like I have to get the .4mm conversion.

Thanks again,

Chuck B.

that was my experience chuck, you may be better at it than i am and the .3mm may treat you differently. break it out and try it. youll have to thin the paint quite a bit so it'll "fit" through the n/n combo. like i say, it would spray model paints, but it was a pain for me. it was what i would call a costly error as i should have purchased the hp-cs to begin with. i went back and forth for about a week between the two before i decided to pay the higher price for the hp-c. sometimes in the tool world, its worth paying a little more for a better piece of equipment. i went the long way around by purchasing the hp-c for $129 and then the conversion kit for $50. oh well, live and learn. like i say, the hp-cs is on its way and it makes me even more anxiuous to try it because along with your posts, others have posted similar joy over the eclipse. thanks, later.

I want to try one of the H&S Evolution airbrushes as I hear they are awesome.
The color cup unscrews from the body so you can put a different size one on. That is very cool.


Mike

thats an idea mike. i looks pretty cool. what does H&S stand for? if you try it, let me know what you think. it kinda reminds me of an ink pen i had once. later.

QUOTE: Originally posted by saltydog what does H&S stand for?

That stands for Harder & Steenbeck of Germany. http://www.harder-airbrush.de/

QUOTE: if you try it, let me know what you think.

I won't be getting one for a long time as money is tighter this year than it has been in a long time.

Mike

hey man, you know who's got your back though!! you seem to be the tithing type. hang in there my friend. ive been in several money crunches in the homebuilding industry so i can speak the language, but God has ALWAYS been faithful to me. He's good to me INSPITE of my old fleshly desires. later my friend.

hmmm...... how much is it? my airbrush budget is currently at $50 cad this year.... will get 20 more next week, yeah. enough for a t&c

Gambit is a move where you sacrifice a smaller piece to gain a larger advantage. Such as doing the "Honey-Do" list for your sacrifice, while keeping your wife happy, gives you the advantage of her not getting jealous, thus more supplies!!! LOL

QUOTE: Gambit is a move where you sacrifice a smaller piece to gain a larger advantage. Such as doing the "Honey-Do" list for your sacrifice, while keeping your wife happy, gives you the advantage of her not getting jealous, thus more supplies!!! LOL

well then, yeah, what you said!!

LOL Either way, I'm jealous!!!

man i used to hate sacrificing one piece for another. it was like kissing your sister. it has to be done in some cases though. i played this particular guy all the time in the navy and we both hated trading pieces so needless to say, our games usually lasted way too long. later.