Howdy fellas,

just got this wierd phenomena happening to me yesterday. I was airbrushing my model with MrColor gloss white thinned with Mr Thinner as usual. (this is new paints just arrived from Japan)..when i started to spray i noticed there was spider web all over my models. at first a thought this is the real spider web but having let the model siiting in a box overnight this was unusual. SO i check again all my other pieces which just recieved the same color..it all have spider web on them.
Then i spray on the air and can really see the airbrush is shooting spider web plus a mist of color (the color still came out nicely but with extra bonus spider web). When i increases the pressure, more spider web and thick too come out of the nozzle. This is just like spiderman shooting the web to buildings!!!
what really happen?? somebody ever experience this problem.

ANyway, when the paint dry, i removed the 'web'. it''s somehow thicker and stick better than natural spider web!
what a weird thing happen overnight.

Zaidi,
I read something similar to this in EuroModellisimo (sp?) magazine, the modeler was trying to replicate spider webs on a rusted out hulk model and used gunze something or other. It looked very good. Now go build a type90 being attacked by a giant spider shooting webs all over it
Best regards,
Robert

You mean there is some stringy things spraying from your brush? Wierd

so this is new technique for making real spider web i guess.!!

Yeah dude..u'd better believe it!

It happens to me all the time when I apply dull coat. I guess it has something to do thinning the paint before spraying. Add more thinner and see how it goes.

The paint is too thick, thin it more will solve it.

Silantra:

I've heard of your incident before. I wish I could remember who posted it, but a couple months ago on missing-lynx site someone posted a rusted out Kettenkraftrad in an overgrown field. They had used the same technique as you're describing to cover it with "spider webs." It was very convincing and added a nice touch to the model.

He had said he shot straight gloss coat (I forgot what brand). You said yours was thinned. What was the ratio?

Thanks for telling us about the newly discovered technique.

John

Hi Silantra,

Wow, deja' vu all over again!

The first hint that my P-40 was jinxed P-40 Woes was spraying the radiator with Floquil brass--it spit out a web, much like cotton candy!! What a mess

This occurred with Floquil enamel/laquere properly thinned with proper Dio-Sol. The paint is about 9 years old.

My guess is the reaction of the paint with the thinner.

But, yes, you are NOT alone with this phenomena