Buying and Using an Airbrush

Jim Ryan

One of the most useful finishing tools the scale modeler can own is a good airbrush. While some modelers (especially giant scale enthusiasts) prefer automotive detail guns for painting their creations, nothing else quite matches the pin-point control and convenience of a good quality airbrush. A good airbrush is light, easy to handle, and quick to clean up.

1. Types of Brushes:

There are two general ways of grouping airbrushes into classes: They're either external or internal mix, and the paint metering is either single- or double-action. Here's what these terms mean:

External Mix: Liquid paint is introduced into the compressed air stream outside the tip of the brush. In general, this type of brush is considered faster to clean, but it requires careful adjustment and doesn't tend to produce as fine a pattern as an internal-mix brush.

Internal Mix: Paint is mixed with air in an internal plenum in the brush. Because of the multiple air jets and the internal mixing, the paint is usually more fully atomized, resulting in a finer, tighter spray pattern. I also find this type of brush easier to assemble, in that it's essentially self-adjusting.

Single-Action: The air valve is simply depressed to release air, and the resulting venturi effect at the tip draws paint from the mixing cup or jar. Adjusting the paint flow, if possible at all, has to be set between shots.

Double-Action: On a double-action airbrush, depressing the air valve releases air only, and the brush has a separate internal needle valve for controlling paint flow. To operate the brush, you depress the button to start air flowing, then you rock the button backward to release paint into the air stream. While it takes a little practice to get used to, this allows you to constantly adjust the paint flow to suit your needs. Believe me, this micro control is a tremendous asset.

Generally speaking (there are exceptions to every rule), the cheapest models are single-action/external mix, and the best units are double-action/internal mix. Photos 1 and 2 show examples of both types.
 
 

2. Air Sources:

Of course, you can't use an airbrush without air, so I'd like to take a moment to touch on some compressed air sources: One of the simplest and cheapest air sources is a large spare tire, with an appropriate valve to mate with your airbrush's air line. A similar option is a compressed air bubble. The weakness of both these options is that you have to visit a gas station to re-fill them, and that can get a little old after the 6th or 7th trip.

A more compact choice is aerosol cans of ozone-safe propellant. These have the virtues of being compact and quiet, but you once again have the problem of running out of propellant right in the middle of a painting session. Besides, by the time you've purchased half a dozen cans of propellant, you could have paid for a good compressor.

When most people think of air compressors, a piston compressor with air tank comes to mind. This type of compressor works very well, but the clattering racket it produces can annoy family members.

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3. Masking Materials and Techniques:

Even with the pinpoint control of an airbrush, there are going to be times when you need masking of some kind. I'd like to loosely group masks into two classes; those that provide a soft edge and those that provide a hard edge.

Soft-edge Masks: Some of the color boundaries on a scale model are more defined than even an airbrush can provide, and yet they aren't hard enough for traditional masking. An example is the jagged splinter camo on the upper surfaces of WWII Luftwaffe aircraft. Also, the model may need a feathered line, but it might be longer and straighter than your wandering hands are capable of replicating reliably. A typical example of this is the three-tone camo seen on mid-WWII US Navy aircraft.

In these cases, I make a mask out of posterboard, sheet styrene or other material. This mask can either be laid directly on the surface for a fairly hard edge, or held farther from the surface for a progressively softer effect.

Hard-edge Masks: There are a lot of options for masking hard edges. Good old masking tape has its adherents (no pun intended), but in my opinion, there are better choices. If you do want to use paper masking tape, I recommend 3M 2090, a lower tack professional grade tape that's blue in color. This low-tack property is very desirable if you've ever peeled off the paint along with the tape. My personal choice for masking tape is 3M 218, a vinyl striping tape. This material has low-tack, excellent flexibility for masking curved lines, and provides a razor-sharp edge with almost no chance of bleeds.

For masking numbers, insignias and other graphics, I like to use artist's frisket. This sheet materi