philip Burr
Young Tutorling
Hello everyone,
Im Phil. I have been a modeler since I was 5.
Ive been using an airbrush since about the age of around 11 or 12 in the late 70's. The first brush I owned was a Badger 250 which barely lasted a week of use and mom had to shell out some bucks for a sweet 150 and compressor! I had a 20 year Naval career and now in College full time. Over the years I have amassed quite a few airbrushes, not out of need, but because I find them interesting. They include various Badgers, Efbe, Hansa, Harder & Steenbeck, Iwata, Olympos, Paasche, Thayer & Chandler, and Wold. I'm currently using an Iwata Studio Series compressor with an old Badger compressor as a standby. Standing by for what, I don't know!
I shoot model specific paints, but much prefer enamels over acrylics. I have also amassed a rather large collection of paints alone. I even have most of the original Humbrol Authentic Color military series from the 70's when I was a kid. Yes, they are still good! I prefer the fine pigments of Humbrol, but I get lazy sometimes with having to mix shades I want and use others as well. Besides Humbrol, I use White Ensign Colourcoats, Testers, Tamiya, GSI/Creos/Mr. Color, Polly Scale, Floquil Military Colors, Vallejo, and recently started experimenting with Hataka lacquers.
I wanted to join the group to have another resource aid for spraying technique and equipment. I'm sure I'm not the only modeler here....
Im Phil. I have been a modeler since I was 5.
Ive been using an airbrush since about the age of around 11 or 12 in the late 70's. The first brush I owned was a Badger 250 which barely lasted a week of use and mom had to shell out some bucks for a sweet 150 and compressor! I had a 20 year Naval career and now in College full time. Over the years I have amassed quite a few airbrushes, not out of need, but because I find them interesting. They include various Badgers, Efbe, Hansa, Harder & Steenbeck, Iwata, Olympos, Paasche, Thayer & Chandler, and Wold. I'm currently using an Iwata Studio Series compressor with an old Badger compressor as a standby. Standing by for what, I don't know!
I shoot model specific paints, but much prefer enamels over acrylics. I have also amassed a rather large collection of paints alone. I even have most of the original Humbrol Authentic Color military series from the 70's when I was a kid. Yes, they are still good! I prefer the fine pigments of Humbrol, but I get lazy sometimes with having to mix shades I want and use others as well. Besides Humbrol, I use White Ensign Colourcoats, Testers, Tamiya, GSI/Creos/Mr. Color, Polly Scale, Floquil Military Colors, Vallejo, and recently started experimenting with Hataka lacquers.
I wanted to join the group to have another resource aid for spraying technique and equipment. I'm sure I'm not the only modeler here....