To all the good folks who frequent this section
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,
I got back into scale-modelling a couple of years ago after a hiatus of almost 25 years. And I've been taking things slowly, building up my skills on cheaper, smaller models, most of which wind up in my daughter's "ceiling air-force."
I wasn't sure I could handle a double action AB. But pretty much all of the knowledgeable folks in this forum kept insisting "Get yourself a good double-action, don't be intimidated."
So I did just that. I got myself a decent compressor and an Omni 4000 a couple of months ago. Things have been a little nuts at work since then, plus, priority goes to spending time with the family, so today was my first chance to try out the new rig.
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To put it mildly, I am high as a kite (not from fumes, I wore a respirator
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). I could not be happier with the results of my first session. I repaired blemishes on a Hawker Tempest and a MkV Spitfire. painted the underside color on an F-16 and put the ocean grey coat on a P-51B (destined for RAF livery) all with the utmost of ease and with great (for me) results.
Now, I did go a bridge too far, and attempted to freehand the RAF dark green layer on another Spit, quickly learned that the paint volume/trigger movement curve is NOT linear[:0], and had some problems. But, just the fact that I felt comfortable enough to try a stunt like that the first time out is something.
So thanks for all the good advice. I've benefitted from reading your posts. And for all of you out there who feel like a double action brush is too much to handle, it's not.
Al