Omni 4000 Help Please

In a word ... practice. Two hours is a good start, but not enough. I probably have a couple of hundred hours behind an airbrush and still can't spray thin lines worth a hoot. Ability is normally not included in the box with the airbrush and learning to spray thin lines takes a lot of practice. Thin paint (about 1:1), low pressure (about 5-8 psi), and about 1/4" from the surface are a good place to start. Get a sheet of styrene and a bottle of paint and cover it with lines, lots of lines and lots of paint. The ability will come but very few of us are able to do a good job in a couple of hours.

move at a steady pace too when practicing, not too slow... (but not so rapid you have gaps in the line) I'm no expert on thin lines myself but when I do get satisfactory ones it is by using more than normal thinned paint (1:1 that Scott mentioned is a good number), low pressure, not a whole lot of paint coming out of the nozzle (just enough to creat the line and not spread to the sides of it as I spray) and by moving at a decent enough speed as not to cause the line to widen from sitting in one place too long.

A lot of these paint amounts and speeds will only come with practice as Scott mentioned.

sorry if that sounds confusing!!!

Thanks guys.............practice practice practice.

Everything in life appears to be like that.

Stacy

Good luck to you Stacy! I have a feeling in no time you will be amazed with your results!!! I surprise myself everytime I spray! Something new happens due to what I learn here and practice!

Someone told me this a long time ago and it worked somewhat... get a cheap model and just put the fuselage and wings together... use it for a paint donkey! when it gets full of paint either ditch it or strip it and paint again!