Beginner's Guide: First Airbrush Set Up For Under $50 

I always enjoy your upbeat videos, and I absolutely love the way you don't always "follow the rules book"..nothing in life should be TOO serious, it's all about fun at the end of the day ! Keep the videos coming, please ! 😁

Really helpful. Thinking of starting. Unsure about manufacturer to choose. Looking at Academy. You are very good and clear. Thank you. Phil K

Thanks for doing this, I'm learning so much from your efforts 👌

Fantastic video with loads of great advice, love it.

I'm glad my friend pointed me to this channel! I'm preparing to make an IAF MiG and your MiG-21 Bis is a great guide. You're very talented and have a great channel. Please keep it up.

Excellent as always

Excellent!! Great job. Thanks

Great vid i am just starting out and looking for a decent cheap set up, i was worried about buying one till i saw this thank you

That looks like a Masters G22 airbrush... And with a little bit of work it can be easily adjusted to produce fine details on par with some of the bigger brands.. polish the needle with some Tamiya polishing compound and a cotton bud.. and replace the nozzle o-ring with a touch of beewax. Remove the needle guard and you can get really fine detail... this is my go-to airbrush. But I will admit, I don't have any experience with that compressor... I use the slightly more expensive noname brand compressor with the regulator. I have not yet added an air tank to it yet.

A great video. That airbrush seems to perform very well and the compressor seems to give a good steady air flow. I am impressed with the set up. Some years ago I bought a really cheap airbrush from China and it is really good and has lasted well. It was £12 UK pounds. Another different one I bought later was complete rubbish and wouldn't work so it is a bit of a risk. As for paint I stick to Tamiya acrylic paint. I am used to it and it is easy to use, dries quickly and, being water soluble, easy to clean stuff. I often buy one bottle of paint for brushing and one for spraying then thin the whole of the spraying bottle. That way you can just tip any surplus paint back into the bottle which saves wasting paint. I also found that a really good airbrush cleaner for Tamiya acrylic paint is carburetor cleaner which you get in large aerosols much cheaper than airbrush cleaner. Tamiya acrylics thin with their X20 thinner, IPA or water, as a last resort.

Great Video , Thank You ! Hope you and your family are well ! Until the next one, take care, Tony

Very nice how to for all of us Nice looking paint job.

thank you . . well worth thinking about for someone like me who is coming back to model making after a break of 40 years :)

This is good to know. As much as I love hand-painting, airbrushing makes those camo schemes more realistic-will have to try one of these days. Should have a good spot once it gets warmer. Btw, on a recent Me-109 build, i used oil paints to post-shade with a brush. Turned out really nice, dont know what ur thoughts are or if you ever tried

Nice video, clear steps and a positive and enthousiastic narration. I like it! Maybe it's a good idea to also mention safety precautions in future video's? When spraying with laquer based acrylics it's better to use the right masks/filters and or a spraybooth.

Care to share which exact compressor/gun kit you bought? I am going to try airbrushing after having hand painted for years and a starter kit is the way to go I think. You have a great channel and I'm surprised you don't have many more subscribers. Please keep making videos if you can. Always look forward to them.

Do you have a place where you link to all the products you use in your videos?

Great video and good hands on review. I was wondering if you got any overheating with the compressor? Since he has to run continuously while using the airbrush. Many thanks and keep up the good work 👍👍

Great job again..Just goes to show you don't have to spend 100's to get a good finish 👍

What is this product? Where is it online? Does your friend in China sell them? How do I order?

Lovely video, thank you. Good to hear only old school tunes too! Can I ask - why do the canopy frame using the cockpit interior colour, but then not mask it off again before doing the camoflage? I'm confused by this.

Amazing content, what is the difference between Tamiya and Mr color thinner?

Hi, first of all I want to day that this is a great video. Secondly I would like to ask where you got this. Is it from amazon or aliexpress for example. Thank in advance.

Oh hey a singaporean, for once i m dont neeed to converting currencies

Nice work, just goes to show that you do not need to spend hundreds of dollars for a good result.

Are you Air-Brushing at your desk? using a SprayBooth? etc. Your thoughts are welcomed.

Refreshing to watch a video where x4 times as much is spent on paints, blending shades etc etc. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But it's easy to fall into the trap of not doing anything until you've bought that one piece of essential kit here n there. It can sometime pay off buying a cheaper tool but buy a bad cheap tool and it is a recipe for poor results, confusion and maybe even quiting. Got to be realistic in expectations and build up over time, sometime the urge to just get one (airbrush and compressor in this case) can backfire. Good vid though.

Nice build, shame the sound so out of sync. Hay ho, things happen.

Excellent!! Great job. Thanks