ABCs of airbrushing

How about keeping this as a sticky.  I think it's a great resource for new airbrushers and veterans as well.

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Too bad I can't seem to bring up the article anymore, I would have liked to have read it. And yes I know its an old thread, but I was still hoping.

Hope no longer! Here is a link to the article!

Thanks Bill, great article and definately worth waiting for, although I must admit I wish I had read it about 20 years ago !

Over the years, FSM has published many useful articles on airbrushing. I have a 16-pages booklet that came as a supplement to the magazine and titled "Basics of Airbrushing Models". I don't remember what issue of FSM it came with, the copyright date is 2005 and also said that based on a 2001 publication of the same title. I found this collection very useful, but never saw it available on the FSM web site.

Inside, it has the following articles:

• ABCs of Airbrushing by Matt Usher. (More extensive that the downloadable article)
• Troubleshooting by Paul Boyer.
• Cleaning your Airbrush by Matt Usher.
• Gloss Paints by Matt Usher.
• Natural-Metal Finishes by Chris Appoldt
• Acrylics by Lisa Lamb.

I hope that Matt Usher will make it available again. Anybody else has this booklet?

There are also some airbrushting articles available as a pay to download through the FSM Direct, which you can access by clicking on the "how to" link on the top black bar above the forum.

Bgrigg

There are also some airbrushting articles available as a pay to download through the FSM Direct, which you can access by clicking on the "how to" link on the top black bar above the forum.

I have paid for 4 downloads, all on modeling topics such as Century jets, Classical Warship etc. As a long time FSM subscriber, I resent having to pay for these downloads.

The quality (picture resolution etc.) of the paid downloads are much better than those free downloads which are barely readable. Ths FSM subscription is NOT cheap. I wish they will make some changes to assure reader loyalty.

Any comments on those paid download on airbrushing topics?

Well, I certainly agree that the PDFs are of much better quality, and understand your resentment. They are also not cheap! They would sell more if they halved the prices, which should also ameliorate any lingering resentment. I have not purchased any of the airbrushing articles, so I cannot comment on their content.

I no longer subscribe to FSM. As a Canadian I pay a 20% premium for shipping, which was constantly 3-4 weeks late (which FSM has little control over). It was very frustrating to read posts online about people's gallery submissions and not be able to see them for weeks! I could often pickup the magazine in the LHS before it arrived in my mailbox. So I decided I would just buy at the LHS and support his business a bit.

I resent being locked out of content on the website as I don't subscribe, when I actually buy the magazine and wish they would reinstate the code that used to unlock said content.

Hi David  I clicked on your link and it came up saying it can't find it . I would really love to read the article as I'm new at this and need all the help I can get . I'm Shopping around for my first airbrush  and I'm leaning towards the Badger 200NH. I would really like to read you   article First thanks

jkh836

Hi David  I clicked on your link and it came up saying it can't find it . I would really love to read the article as I'm new at this and need all the help I can get . I'm Shopping around for my first airbrush  and I'm leaning towards the Badger 200NH. I would really like to read you   article First thanks

David Voss has not been around lately. Scroll up to see Bill  Grigg's answer to the link.

I can't open this link even when I cut and paste it into a browser window. What's up? Did FSM shut it down? Do you have a PDF you can fwd to email or post here?  

I couldn't get it to open either

Bgrigg's new link to it works just fine (it opens in a new page as a .pdf);

http://www.bigscalemodels.com/tips/tipsfiles/airbrush/abcsofairbrushing.pdf

Dave I tried to open up the article The ABC'S of airbrushing.  the internet keeps coming telling me it can't be found.   from all the others comments it is something I need to read for sure.      Thanks Bud.  

Thanks for the new add..  It works fine and was able to print it.  Again thanks Bud.