treker_ed Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Hi Guys! Sorry if this is in the wrong section - but as it's painting I thought that here would be as good as anywhere! Okay, due to the amount of paint dust being generated when spraying my kits, I have had to take a slightly enforced break from modelling for the time being. The room I model in also has a rather expensive and high powered gaming PC, which due to the very nature needs to be kept cool and clean of dust. I recently had to spend the best part f 3 hours, taking the thing apart right down to taking the motherboard out, and removing the extremely large cooling assembly for the CPU. As a consequence of this, it has been decided that I need to invest in a paint booth with extractor fan. Now due to extremely limited funds (i.e. I'm not working - and not claiming JSA - we are reliant purely on my wifes income) I need a very cheap way of building my own. Has any one done this? if so, how easy is it to do and what do I need? To give an idea of size requirements, I have several 1/32 kits - Revel Uhu, Hunter, Mig 29UT as examples, so would need a setup big enough to house these when being painted. Thank you treker_ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I built my own some years back using an inverted cooker hood - the flat kind that just hangs (ominously) over the cooker. It was £30, and I just built up a rough booth around it with melomine faced chipboard, and put a hose from the outlet to a hole in the wall and a weatherproof vent. I have to clean out the motor every 6 months or so, but contrary to the scare-mongers, I've not yet managed to blow myself up because of paint fumes and un-shielded motors. They wouldn't put an un-shielded motor on an appliance that might end up sucking out gas from an unlit gas ring, would they? I put a little daylight fluorescent tube in the top to give some extra light too, and have the compressor, extractor and light on a single switch to speed switching on & off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 hi - same story as Mike really - I built my own as well - no explosions in the man (& whippet) cave yet , but this is my own decision of course. Here is a pic - the kit is a 1/48 Canberra - it will take a 1/24th fighter comfortably. If you want more details LMK..total cost £3 for the acrylic door - the rest scrounged together.. cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggers Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Hi treker-ed, Somewhere on here I posted a VERY CHEAP how to on a spray booth. The lot was about £20.00! Have a search & you'll find it.....works like a dream & Mrs Riggers doesn't chew the ears off cos of the Alclad!!! ATB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Same old here too. I only work on wargame minis and 1/72 scale aircraft, but mine is a plastic packing crate with a 12V cooling fan from an old PC let into a hole I drilled in the back. A bit of spare tumble dryer duct acts as the outfall. I screwed the air filter/water trap to the side of the box and added a couple of tool hooks to hold the brush when not in use. It's given good service so far for essentially no cost. I'd be slightly wary of using mains-powered fans if I was spraying anything flammable or with large volumes of atomised solids, but years in chemistry labs has made me a bit paranoid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S5 modeller Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Sorry to butt in, but I am thinking of making the same thing. With the inverted cooker hood design, does the fans not suck the atomized paint away before it hits the model? Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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