after a long pause, i'm back guys, one question about an airbrush though

hiya guys, i’m back after a long time away with the new family and job. everything is going well on my side. between schooling, seminars and a new family and job, i had to take a long break to get my priorties straight. i went to the local hobby shop after bringing my son to the doctor last week, and i melted. i missed it so much. i built a bunch of shelves for my paints and things, but never really got back into the hobby due to all of my kits being about 75% done, and no motivation. i just bought a dml panzer IV ausf. J late along with some new paint, and a dio piece, so i’m all excited about jumping back into it. it won’t be as fast as i put them out when i was single in florida, but it;ll be slow but consistant, hopefully. anyway, just wanted to say hey to all the veteran modelers that i know, and to congratulate doog on his hetzer article. i just picked up the new fine scale also today. anyway, i’ll be back on the forum and giving any advice that i can, as well as asking for some.

one question i have, my badger airbrush that i haven’t used in like a year, i didn’t clean it enough last time i used it, and its stuck. should i soak it in windex to loosed up the needle inside? i don’t think i can even take it apart without messing up the needle, so and ideas for a really hardened airbrush?

Welcome back to the forum.

Try laquer thinner. There is no guarantee that it will be completely clean without a lot of work.

Hi Chris,

Welcome back! It’s great to see that you’re able to find time to get back into it.

Regarding your airbrush, a few drops of lacquer thinner should do the trick. Another thing I might suggest trying is to release the back end of the needle and see if you can’t unscrew the head assembly with needle attached and withdraw the needle through the front end of the airbrush. If you can do this it will save you having to soak the whole thing.

If you can dig up an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner, you’ll be golden. Drop your parts into this for about 20 minutes and everything will come up shiny clean. No kidding

That’s one of the biggest lies in model-building, lol…