Novice Airbrushing Question...
Folks
After a very long break from modeling, (30ish years that is, and a story for another day) I'm going to give this hobby a try. I had an old Paasch H3 which after a long afternoon of playing with it, I gave up. What a temperamental piece of ... well equipment. Armed with the knowledge from numerous posts here on the finescale forums, I picked up a new Badger 155 cheap on ebay and this past Sunday I spent some time spraying on some plain white paper.. What a difference it makes between the Paasche Single and the Badger Double. It didn't seem to take anytime at all to spray fine lines with the Badger.
I'm able to change pressures with reasonable accuracy and I personally found the lower (10ish) PSI pressures easier to manage. What I'm still unsure of (I'm sure it will come with time) is the practice of pulling on the trigger to add paint.
Now for the question: Let us assume for the sake of my question that the trigger in the full forward position is at 0, (no Paint) and full back is 10 (full paint). As I pull back on the trigger, 0 - 2 doesn't seem to do anything as far as spitting out paint. 2-3 starts a fine mist, 3-4 is about right, 4-5 is starting to get heavy and from 5 to 10 is just too much paint. Now would you say the sensitivity of the trigger is just about right for a Badger 155? Is there a way to reduce the sensitivity of the trigger? Seems to me making the trigger longer would help but I'm not sure. Any suggestion for a newbie would be greatly appreciated...
Cheers
David