Gigatron
Sr Member
Hey gang,
Since I'm getting back into modeling, I was wondering what the rest of you guys use for painting and for what purpose (i.e. do you have an a.b. that you use for large areas vs. small areas?).
I have an Iwata Eclipse HP-BCS that I've used on larger kits (busts, vinyl models (gremlins)). But being a bottom feed, it requires a decent amount of paint for the syphon to work at low pressure. That's all fine and dandy for large projects, but not so much for small areas.
So, I decided that I was going to need a gravity feed to facilitate lower pressure AND quick changes between small amounts of paint. I don't do fine line work like a graphic artist, but small stuff like parts from a Fine Molds kit. Anyone who has worked on those, knows the size of the pieces I'm talking about.
Anyway, I decided to get another Iwata. I love the one I have, it's easy to maintain and works beautifully. But, I didn't want to lay out another $109 for a brush that wasn't going to do much more than spray small parts (my BCS is my primary brush). So, I ordered the Iwata Revolution BR. It's a double action gravity feed with a 1/16 oz cup. I fugure that should be more than enough to paint a few parts before needing a refill. For $65 (well, really $75 because I also ordered a .35mm nozzle to replace the .5mm stock one), I figured this should fit the bill in every way.
On another note, I have a couple of quick questions relating to technique.
1) Do you guys prefer to paint while the piece it's still on the sprue or after it's cut? I like to do it while it's still attached so I don't have to find a way to hold it down while I'm painting.
2) I'm using Tamiya acrlyics, do I need to primer the pieces first or not? I used to brush paint models with testors enamles as a kid, and never even considered using primer like I do nowadays.
Thanks,
Fred
Since I'm getting back into modeling, I was wondering what the rest of you guys use for painting and for what purpose (i.e. do you have an a.b. that you use for large areas vs. small areas?).
I have an Iwata Eclipse HP-BCS that I've used on larger kits (busts, vinyl models (gremlins)). But being a bottom feed, it requires a decent amount of paint for the syphon to work at low pressure. That's all fine and dandy for large projects, but not so much for small areas.
So, I decided that I was going to need a gravity feed to facilitate lower pressure AND quick changes between small amounts of paint. I don't do fine line work like a graphic artist, but small stuff like parts from a Fine Molds kit. Anyone who has worked on those, knows the size of the pieces I'm talking about.
Anyway, I decided to get another Iwata. I love the one I have, it's easy to maintain and works beautifully. But, I didn't want to lay out another $109 for a brush that wasn't going to do much more than spray small parts (my BCS is my primary brush). So, I ordered the Iwata Revolution BR. It's a double action gravity feed with a 1/16 oz cup. I fugure that should be more than enough to paint a few parts before needing a refill. For $65 (well, really $75 because I also ordered a .35mm nozzle to replace the .5mm stock one), I figured this should fit the bill in every way.
On another note, I have a couple of quick questions relating to technique.
1) Do you guys prefer to paint while the piece it's still on the sprue or after it's cut? I like to do it while it's still attached so I don't have to find a way to hold it down while I'm painting.
2) I'm using Tamiya acrlyics, do I need to primer the pieces first or not? I used to brush paint models with testors enamles as a kid, and never even considered using primer like I do nowadays.
Thanks,
Fred
