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  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Chicago, USA
Model too big for spraybooth
Posted by MonsterZero on Saturday, August 12, 2006 10:12 PM
Revell's Focke Wulf Ta-154 in 1/48 scale is somewhat too big for the standard Badger spray booth, the one that looks like a white micowave oven with a clear window on top. As I manipulate the model inside the booth the wingtips strike the booth and a couple times I had to polish and overspray the chipped paint that occured as a result. Manipulating the model in the booth is hard enough requiring a two day process. First you airbrush the fuselage while holding onto the wings with a (gloved) hand. The next day you airbrush the wings while holding onto the fuselage. Spraying the model in one step is not practical.

I wonder how people manage to airbrush really big models like those 1/32 and 1/24 jumbo kits from Trumpeter. I'm especially interested in learning how the model is held (or secured) and manipulated during the paint application. Obviously you have to spray the really big ones outdoors because a spray booth large enough to accomodate them would cost like $3,000.
  • Member since
    May 2005
  • From: Left forever
Posted by Bgrigg on Saturday, August 12, 2006 11:43 PM
I custom built my spray booth. Since I used a full size kitchen range hood I built to that size. That means my working area is 30" and 20" tall. I use a 13" round particle board that I have drilled a pattern of holes in to hold dowels that I can space to fit the model.







Sorry about the bad pics, I just snapped them to show. The model is Dragon's 1:32 Stuka Kanonvogel.

So long folks!

  • Member since
    August 2003
  • From: Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan
Posted by bilbirk on Sunday, August 13, 2006 12:41 AM
Looks good Bgrigg. Hey I got one of these rigs also. Not as fancy though, I don't have the doors but it does the trick and not alot of money in it
  • Member since
    May 2005
  • From: Left forever
Posted by Bgrigg on Sunday, August 13, 2006 2:40 AM
Thanks! Those doors are the second most expensive thing on the booth. Only the range hood cost more and not by much! Hood, doors, a small two tube flourescent fixture and miscellaneous hoses, electrical switches and regulator/moisture trap included ran about $140. The wood was free. The legs were off an old bunk bed my kids outgrew and the plywood used for the booth itself were skip tops from work. Even the paint was left over. Certainly a lot less than $3000! Wink [;)]

The airflow isn't optimal. Good enough for evacuating the acrylics I paint with. Not up to keeping out noxious fumes from lacquers or enamels. I'm thinking of modifying it to a backdraft system that can handle them "just in case". If I do it will probably cost me another $100 for a decent blower. Still cheaper and bigger than anything I've seen retail!

So long folks!

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