Get a good respirator, and a half-decent fan. Open the window, position yourself so that the model you're painting is between the open window and the fan and try that. Spray booths can be very complex to handle lacquers, or very simple to deal with acrylics. Acrylic paints are less toxic than enamels and lacquers, but inhaling dried bits of plastic still isn't good. The paper or cloth masks are pretty well useless, and should only be used while playing "Doctor" with the missus!
Here's a tutorial on making a very basic spraybooth. It's pretty easy!
http://www.briansmodelcars.com/tutorials/tutorial/65
I've seen a similar one where the guy was using a translucent plastic box, but darned if I can't find it! I know I've posted it somewhere on the FSM forums, but I'm not searching through over 4000 posts!