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Hello there everybody, I was wondering if any of you know of a proper airbrush tip that is suited to an Aztec airbrush and is fine lined?? I found a fine line nozzle that I thought would work, but it did not give me the line I was looking for, because I need to paint fine line camo on a 1/72 scale German tank, thanks.

Any help would be great, Jim

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Jim, you MIGHT get an answer here, but the Airbrush Forum is a better place to post this question. There are some really knowledgable members that hang out there and I’m sure they will be able to help you out.

That being said, I thought I read somewhere that the Aztec ABs used a tan nozzle for fine/detail work. I don’t have an Aztec AB so I’m not sure about that and I’m also not sure if the Aztecs are suited for fine line camo for small scale models. Sorry.

Anyway, good luck and I hope you find some help!

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Hello Jim,

Chances are, You don’t need to buy another tip for Your airbrush. I have some suggestions for You, if You would like to try them out:

  • Thin Your pain a little more than usual
  • When painting, squeeze the “trigger” lust a little bit, so that almost no paint goes to the nozzle
  • And now get really close to the object You are painting - like an inch or so. You should be able to see a fine airbrushed line.

CAUTION

  • Always practice on scrap material before tackling the real thing (You read that before, didn’t ya[:)]. Still important though.)
  • At a distance that close, if You squeeze the “trigger” more, You will get very ugly blotches, so please be careful. It only works with minimal paint flow. Some airbrushes have a screw that presets/limits the “triger” pitch, if You have it, might want to use it
  • It’s said, when painting lines, You want to start moving Your hand first and just than start the paint flowing. This way You avoid unsightly “dots” at the beginning of each line.

Awright, that would be it for now. Please let me know how that sounds for You and if it worked. Wish You good results and happy modelling

Pawel

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Pawel is correct that is a handy thing to have. Mine does not so I back the needle out a tiny bit then lock it down again. That way I don’t have to pull back at all since the needle is always slighlty open. Test the setting on some scrap to get the size line you want. If the tip starts to dry, point the AB away and spray a quick shot full force.

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I use an Aztec exclusively for all my airbrush work and the “tan” tip is a little misleading in its title. It’s called an “FL” tip not because it can produce fine lines but because it’s designed to work with “fine liquids” meaning more dilute/thinned paints. It can operate at a lower PSI as a result but in reality you can achieve the same results with the grey “general purpose” tip by doing the things suggested already by the others in this post. I have the tan tip and almost never use it…preferring the gray tip instead. The key is to take full advantage of double-action and get as close as possible to your painting surface…to the point that it’s almost touching it, for really fine lines.

HTH!

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Thanks a bunch all you guys! now I think I am ready to tackle that tank[8-]