You’re welcome!
Wow, lots of useful info everybody! Where to start.
I like my VMA. I use them 99% of the time. I used to use MM but for me VMA is a breeze to spray(except for dry tip) and to clean. For cost effectiveness I bought them all in sets. Sure I haven’t used half the colors but has still been cheaper than buying single bottles.
BTW, HL does sell a few VMA sets, but no single bottles. I will agree with Blacksheep that spraying Model Air can be tough. A few years ago I needed a Sky Blue to paint the belly of a Spit. Getting the right mix was a chore but after that it sprayed great!
I use my Iwata FrankeNeo .35.mm. which I really like. Used it enough to where if something is not right I know immediatly what is wrong.
I stir the bottles. In my experience rolling and or shaking them does not mix them fully.(Even with hexnuts in them). I pop the top and use my Tamiya stirrer.
I am going to get some of that VJ Airbrush thinner to use instead of laquer thinner. Again drytip is really not a major problem because it’s going to happen regardless, more of a hindrance. Alot of it is I am tring to build 4 kits at once and have been doing more “piece work” instead of blasting a whole model.
Thanks Everybody for your reponses and help! Outside I go to plant my radishes…Red and White!
Everything sounds good to me. I’d think a Neo with a .35 needle/nozzle combo would be about ideal for VMA. I just wanted to make sure you weren’t shooting it thru a .15mm or something like that.
Thanks for your further info.
I stand corrected on HL and VMA then. I look whenever I visit one, and never saw a VMA set. Sorry Sheep. Maybe you were shooting Model Air. [:$]
They have only had the sets for a couple of years. They had a VMA rust and chipping effects set which I haven’t seen since. Might be a “test” store.
I looked and found they were Model Color not Model Air. Yes I have used them or tried to airbrush them. Didn’t care for them. I got the MC at Hobby Lobby because that’s what they had in stock.
Thanks for getting back on that.
That explains why they gave you fits, then. Model Color is great for hand brushing, in case you haven’t tried it.
Not sure if the issue is with Vallejo Model Air but I found this video spot on with helping to work with VMA (although about 4x longer than it need be).
My local hobby hobbys (got 6 of them within 50 miles of the house) all have the vallejo model air combo kits. They have the weathering ones and also the colors of planes per era and who they belonged too. Best example is recently picked up the modern era american fighter plane set so i have ghost grey etc from it. More like the kits since its 8 colors for 15 dollars thanks to their always 40% off coupon.