Very pleased with the level of detail presented. Thankyou for putting this together. Just bought a brass loco on E bay, but need to paint it. I now understand why unpainted brass loco's are cheaper...
I have a question about humidity. In Charlotte we some days we have 100% humidity in the morning and above 50% some days. Let us say I buy one of those compressors and the air goes out dry, wouldn't the moisture in the air affects the model?
Yes it does. Especially with paints containing acetone, such as Tru-Color, The acetone absorbs moisture in the air. As the acetone evaporates, the moisture in the paint condenses, forming clouds. Yes! Clouds in the paint! Tru-Color's suggestion is to add retarder to slow the evaporation rate, and thus the cooling. Same can happen with alcohol based paints (Tamiya's non-lacquer line), but on the whole I haven't had nearly as much problem as with alcohol based paints. Get yourself the best desiccant drier you can afford. Perhaps better yet, ditch the compressor and use CO2 or dry nitrogen.
