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Old 01-02-2006 | 03:21 PM
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Can you airbrush on covering. If so is there anyone you can pay to airbrush on a plane?
Old 01-02-2006 | 03:25 PM
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I was wondering if you could airbrush over white ultrakote too.

I have a big gas posered air compressor but airbrushes are alot of money, it would be cool to cover a plane in all white though, that would be easy and then airbrush.
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Yes, covering can be airbrushed over. The Shrike pictured below was purchased from Jeremy Ferguson aka LGM Graphics. It is airbrushed over Solartex ( I think that's what it is anyway ). He does do airbrush work on models. His website is [link=http://www.lgmguitars.com/splash_guitars.html]LGM Guitars[/link] Click on the graphix tab and you'll see a bit of his work.


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Old 01-08-2006 | 08:54 PM
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airbrushes are accualy dirt cheap..........right now at harbor freight they have air brushes for $5 and thats the whole kit with the jars for paint and what not heres a link http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=47791 it sais 10 bucks but i recieved a catolouge that said 5 so if u have a harbor frieight by you i suggest you pick one up. i paid 30 for my airbrush and it worked good so im gonna get 2 or 3 of those ones mainly cuz their soo cheap
Old 01-08-2006 | 10:22 PM
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Default RE: Airbrushing.

When it comes to airbrushes you get what you pay for. Those horror freight ones are absolute junk. You can buy a GOOD airbrush from Iwata for around $60, they of course go up, but that is a good all around airbrush, in fact the entire shrike that e-dave showed pics of was done with the iwata revolution. A $60 airbrush, So was this turbine heli canopy.



You can paint on ultracote as well, but you have to sand it and then clear coat it, it's a lot of work but it's doable.
Here is my old Legend 5 that I airbrushed some graphics onto the ultracote.


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