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Thanks everyone for replies. How do you feel when you finish a model?, happy or sad?, a little deflated?. Or , where am i going to put it, so her indoors cant find it, as I know she will want to dust it🥴, and that's when I find all the little bits stacked up on top of the model. HaHa.

Hi All I have recently re started my model making hobby once more. So, i invested in a beginners compressor and air brush set up(timbertech). I've never use an airbrush, but i thought id give it a go. I've made a few 1/72nd scale kits, and im happy with the results when i get everything working correctly.But this is where im running into problems, and i would love some feedback from the more experienced modelers. So, if i may, i will list my concerns and questions. I make my model kits in an outside garage, which as you can imagine can be cold, i do have heating in there, but i only use it when im building or painting kit. 1. After running the small compressor for a while, i am getting water in the line. I clean out and dry the filter on the outlet of the compressor, and i will swap hoses over and hang the other one up in side where its warm. Does the water problem occur because of the cold temp in the garage? 2.I am using Vallejo paints. I keep the ones i need to use in a small heated cabinet, so they are quite runny when i use them. But, i have thinners, and flow improver, should i mix the paint with the additives?I have added small mixer balls to the paint bottle as well to help with agitation. 3. When spraying, what should be my ideal pressure and needle size?. I have swapped out the 0.2 needle and fitted the 0.3 needle and appropriate nozzle, im using a pressure of about 2.5bar. 4. Should i prime my kit before painting?The reason i ask, is i attempted to use Vallejo gloss white, and it turned out to be a pain in the A$£E!!. I was building the Tamiya A10 kit, which is a dark green plastic. Coverage was awful, and with other issues as listed above, i was going round in circles. I have a 1/48 Vulcan to build, and i dont want to start that until i get things settled as regards paint and equipment. 5. My birthday is coming up, should i look at a new airbrush? or compressor or both? Thankyou for taking the time in reading my questions. I will post some pics of my first attempts when i can.

Thanks guys much appreciated.

Morning everyone. Just to say, ive enjoyed looking at all the topics on here, very informative. I have re discovered my passion for model kits. Like most people,had a few years as a young teenager making them, then it just stops. Women, kids, work ,grand-kids blah blah blah. Anyway, ive got my garage turned into a man cave, and ive started building again. So, get ready for a lot of obvious questions. Cheers I have tried to create a question in the tools and paint forum, but i do not see it in the drop down menu. Am i correct in doing this?

Morning everyone. Just to say, ive enjoyed looking at all the topics on here, very informative. I have re discovered my passion for model kits. Like most people,had a few years as a young teenager making them, then it just stops. Women, kids, work ,grand-kids blah blah blah. Anyway, ive got my garage turned into a man cave, and ive started building again. So, get ready for a lot of obvious questions. Cheers