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  • Member since
    January 2008
  • From: Adelaide, South Australia
Painting outdoors?
Posted by somenewguy on Thursday, April 3, 2008 2:54 AM

I asked this question in a post on another thread but I forget what forum it even was.

Because I have a modeling UNfriendly room and ventilation is as far as I've been told too expensive for me I will probably be forced to paint and use lung-cancer-causing substances outside. But I live up in the rural Adelaide hills where it's dusty and dirty. It's not as bad as it sounds, it's just that on a windy day the dust can really fly.

Would airbrushing outside be risky for the sake of my paint jobs or would doing it be alright on a clear subtle day?

I've got another question. At the moment I completely brush paint my models. I give the parts a light wash, let them dry, stir my paint, shake it, swirl my half decent brushes in Tamiya X-20 and paint. Does that, possibly the most basic paint job type, still give an acceptable finish? 

Cheers 

At the end of the day one's work may be completed but one's education never!
  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Thursday, April 3, 2008 9:01 AM
Check the local bargan shops to see if you can get a small pop up tent. This will keep the dirt, dust and bugs off the paint.

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

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  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Peoples Socialist Democratic Republic of Illinois
Posted by Triarius on Thursday, April 3, 2008 10:05 AM
I'm not sure what they are called here, let alone in Australia, but the kind that is mosquito netting on all four sides would be ideal.

Ross Martinek A little strangeness, now and then, is a good thing… Wink

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