Having a bit of a problem airbrushig the fine mottling camoflauge on this BF-109. I ended up covering too much of the light blue 65 on the side. 'm using the fine needle in my Badger 150, but wondering if my air pressure(15psi) is all wrong or, if i just suck that bad at airbrushing. I tend to be getting too much over spray and not very fine detail for the small camo spots. Using Model Master Acrylics thinned with distilled water. Any tips would be appreciated!

Thanks

One thing you can do is spray through a hole punched in an piece of index card. That will help restrict overspray but you should still be able to get a soft edge.

Cheers,

Jim

Thin lines need to be shot at the lowest pressure possible to avoid overspray.

Pull your pressure level down, below the needed psi to shoot your thinned paint. Adjust the pressure upwards until you get the paint to shoot. That should help a lot with the overspray. You might want to have your paint thinned to a 1:2 or a 1:3 mix to allow for even lower pressures. Thinner mixtures than that might give you problems with coverage...

Good idea Jim!.. I tried that idea with post-it notes, but found them to flimsy to hold up, but the index card should provide that rigidity

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Thanks guys...i got it knocked out now. My problem was the air pressure. I had it too high at about 18psi. I dropped the airpressure to about 5 psi and used about a 3:2 mixture on my paint, it worked out good....Thanks again

1:2 ratio on the paint....sorry for the typo...

I found that if you thin the paint and the strain it (I use a piece of my wife's panty hose) it improves the flow quality of the paint going thru the air brush, along with using low air preassure when doing that Luftwaffe cammo job. Hope this helps.