I just wanted to say thanks

Cool Blake!  I came back  into the hobby about 2 yrs ago and stumbled along on my own for a bit till I found this place... I have learned SO much from everyone here!!!  It really put me on the fast track to honing my skills.

I also just purchased an HP-CS and have loved every minute of spraying with it!!!  A really sweet airbrush!

i too had learned a lot more about airbrushing and equipments from this forum more than anywhere else on the web.  props to anyone who's out there providing answers and tips within minutes if not one or two hours of the original post.

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this site also helped me destroying my bank account from buying way too many new model kits and airbrushES for the past half a year.  before this I have only heard of names like Iwata or Badger from ads on fsm magazine and deemed them way too expensive and un-reachable therefore ignored them, so my first airbrush ended up being an aztek (sold for original purchase price on ebay) and the 2nd one being a Tamiya SuperFine (stored up for collection only now... ). 

eizzle wrote:

You will be amazed at the things you will learn on here Blake! I have suprised myself, just trying out diffrent things to make a model look more realistic, like drybrushing... who would have thought? Just ask Ed, I really perfected the art of gluing airplanes to my hand Seriously though, there are a great bunch of guys here who really know there stuff, just make sure you ask lots of questions, cause that is how everybody learns! Good luck Blake!

Yep, I learned ALLLL about CA Debonder here... and how to be the butt of a couple jokes from you know who ^^^^

eizzle wrote:

Yep, I learned ALLLL about CA Debonder here... and how to be the butt of a couple jokes from you know who ^^^^

Hippy-Ed wrote:

eizzle wrote: Yep, I learned ALLLL about CA Debonder here... and how to be the butt of a couple jokes from you know who ^^^^ eizzle, could that be because of something that was said or done by you?  Of course you usually open the door

possibly.... just maybe it could have been my fault... naaaw

eizzle wrote:

Hippy-Ed wrote:  eizzle wrote: Yep, I learned ALLLL about CA Debonder here... and how to be the butt of a couple jokes from you know who ^^^^ eizzle, could that be because of something that was said or done by you?  Of course you usually open the door possibly.... just maybe it could have been my fault... naaaw

Blake - that wouldn't be a bad thought.. you can get the large 250ml bottle of Tamiya thinner for about $1 more than the tiny 30ml bottle and it lasts forever!!! (especially using windex to clean instead of thinner)

Get used to the acrylics... get some more time on the AB under your belt and then play with the alternative thinners.. Good luck to ya!!

If you still don't like the way the acrylics thin might I suggest trying a bottle of Vallejo Acrylic (you can get it at www.greatmodels.com labeled "Color of Eagles") which thins with distilled water and paints great.. it is called the "enamel of acrylics" due to a great leveling ability and quality finishes it provides..

Blake wrote:

Thanks, I have heard that vallejo evan surpasses polly S, so I am glad a guy from this forum seconds that, I will take a look, this hobby looks so simple when you start, and gets so deep once you want some real results.