The last thing I struggled to airbrush was my M-15a1 trailer for my M123c. It took near 2 hours. I figured it had to be the 20 year old compressor. I reworked the budget and pulled out the $72 to get that Blue Testors compressor from Great Models. Got it today and put it to use. Start to finish, 45 minutes to paint an M-18 Hellcat AND the turret of my M-60. That's assembly of airbrush, mixing paint, spraying models, clean-up and dissasembly. :-)

It's so nice to be airbrushing again, isn't it?! I would not be able to funtion without the setup I currently have. It can be such a nightmare if your system isn't working properly.
Glad to hear you're back in the game.