The problem is, I don’t know what half the parts are, and the instructions are in Korean (which I can’t read).
It has two nozzles, one labeled 0.4mm and the other labeled 0.2mm. Why the 2 nozzle size, I don’t know.
Here are some pics
I got the airbrush for free, since my father found it in a desk in Seoul.
I’m also trying to find a compressor to use with it. The one I have probably can’t go lower than 10 psi. It’s a big Husky compressor that has a 200 psi capacity, it has a regulator, but there’s no way of knowing what the PSI is.
Can’t give you any real advice except experiment with it,set your PSI to 25 and start spraying in a well ventilated area.Use old cardboard to try to get a good pattern down,or get a Korean friend to translate for you.
The .4mm will flow more paint than the .2mm. You adjust your spray pattern by raising and lowering those 2 tips in front of the air stream. (screw them up and down)
Turn your compressor regulator all the way off. Connect the airbrush and then just turn your regulator up a little bit at a time till you start getting air flow through your brush. About 25psi as mentioned, but you can guess and get close to make it work.
Fill the bottle up with some water and play around with the paint/air settings to get a feel for it.
I agree, but I’d recommend practicing on plastic as cardboard/paper absorb some of the paint and might lead you to using too much paint when you ultimately point the airbrush at a piece of rolling stock or a building.
(Or if not plastic, whatever material you plan to airbrush.)
I plan to paint my plasitc models, but there is no way to get ahold of it around here. I have some older pieces that are to busted to see any more service, so I fiugre I can use those for practice.
Might add a pressure gauge and moisture trap too. Install the moisture trap about three or four feet from the compressor. Make a coil from copper tubing and add the fittings on each end to attach the coil to the compressor and the moisture trap. Run the hose from the moisture trap to the airbrush.
I already have a moisture trap that attaches to the compresser. We leave it off most of the time for power tools and pumping tires up.
The only real problem is finding a connector that can connect the airbrush hose to the compressor hose, since it includes something to connect it to aerosol cans.
Also, what do raising and lowering the tips do? I’m pretty sure there is something in the MR mags at home, but I’m at college now.
Packer- Do you have an Odd Lots/Big Lots store near you? They usually have cheap airbrush kits for $5 back by the tools. The brush is a Badger knock off, but it has that air line adaptor you need and a few extra paint bottles.
You may even find the $5 brush works better than what you have. It’s a better design.
Another thing to try… Go to “that” auction site and type in AIRBRUSH, then look on the right of the screen in the related searches.
I did a quick look, and a quality unit, (Badger or Paasche) can be had for little $$$. Also there are compressors and all else you’d need. Full kits as well.
On the airhose I got with my Paasche I was able to screw the end into female quick-connect air hose adapter. Perhaps the air-can adapter part unscrews leaving you the end to install an adapter on?
There was a Big lots, but they didn’t have tools. In a few days I’ll go downtown to see if anyone has anything. If not, some good ole redneck engineering should do the trick. (i.e. piece of hose clamped to the airbrush hose, and clamped to compressor hose.)
This is what I use to hook my airbrushes up to the shop compressor.
The airhose plugs into the left side of the manifold. There is a water trap, and a regulator with gauge. The right side of the manifold has quick connects for the airbrushes.
Badger sells an adapter for airbrush hoses the fit a standard 1/4 inch air fitting.
