Wingnut Wings 1/32 Halberstadt Cl.II (late)

[yak face]

Superb work allen , surgically clean and precise . Hope you find the needle , it hasnt gone down the sink when you cleaned the AB has it ?

[Allen Dewire]

Thanks Tony, I'm trying...No, I just ran some water through it in the sink to wash out the IPA. I put it back together and laid it on a paper towel on the counter. When I went to screw it back on the AB, BOOM, it was gone... I hope to finally find it in the morn. If not, I still have the other one and a 0.3 (tan one) to use. Really weird though!!!...

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Allen

[JR]

Sorry to read of your missing needle Dude1, my laugh on your post was for the GGFGS. I use a very similar one , but normally it ends in :loudly-crying:

[scottie3158]

Dude, Outstanding mate.

[adt70hk]

Looking very good Allen and hope you find the missing AB part.

What airbrush do you have? Not seen one of those before.

ATB

Andrew

[Tim Marlow]

Looking very good Allen and hope you find the missing AB part.

What airbrush do you have? Not seen one of those before.

ATB

Andrew

That’s an Aztec airbrush Andrew, no longer made I think. I used one for a few years prior to my Iwatta. Mine was very air hungry, I found my old AS186 could not keep up, and my smart jet struggles. Still got it, but not used it for ages. The nozzles are easily changed for different set ups, grey being general purpose and the one I used most. It was a decent modellers tool, being able to be set up as both single and double action using the roller in the handle. I think Jakko uses one as well.

[adt70hk]

That’s an Aztec airbrush Andrew, no longer made I think. I used one for a few years prior to my Iwatta. Mine was very air hungry, I found my old AS186 could not keep up, and my smart jet struggles. Still got it, but not used it for ages. The nozzles are easily changed for different set ups, grey being general purpose and the one I used most. It was a decent modellers tool, being able to be set up as both single and double action using the roller in the handle. I think Jakko uses one as well.

Thanks Tim!

[Scratchbuilder]

Coming along at a fair rate Youngerthan me, Pity you lost the needle, I have the same problem with my hair... (More scary science fiction music....)
Cheers
Olderthan you.

[Allen Dewire]

Morning from the Twilight Zone Folks,

Rod Serling decided to give me back my AB needle earlier. I found it under my spray booth stand in a blind spot, along with a few dust bunnies too. Thanks for the concern everyone...

Sorry to read of your missing needle Dude1, my laugh on your post was for the GGFGS. I use a very similar one , but normally it ends in :loudly-crying:

It's all good Dude 2!!! I use the GGFGS method all the time for everything. The same with the Gazinta Method. You know, 4 gazinta 8 = 2 and the like...

Dude, Outstanding mate.

Thanks so much Bro!!! Getting there slowly, but surely now...

Looking very good Allen and hope you find the missing AB part.

What airbrush do you have? Not seen one of those before.

ATB

Andrew

Thanks Andrew and Tim summed up the AB very well. I bought this one back in the mid 90's from the PX when I was in the Army. It was sold under the brand name Testors and sat in the reduced wares bin for ages. When it was 75% off + 10% more, I snagged it up. Original price was $149.00. It's pretty bullet proof and has a lifetime guarantee. Hope I never need to use it, especially if they aren't in business anymore. It's easy to clean and use for a ham-fisted fool like me. I've never had a prob with air usage with it though...

Coming along at a fair rate Youngerthan me, Pity you lost the needle, I have the same problem with my hair... (More scary science fiction music....)
Cheers
Olderthan you.

I'm starting to have that prob too. Olderthanme!!! I just don't get any scary Sci Fi music to go with the loss.....Yet........

So now that I can drive on and spray the tail wing/fin things white, our temps went back in the toilet...I'll wait and see what this afternoon brings. I also need to finally change the filter in the booth. The gray nose boogers told me so...........

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Allen

[Jim R]

Looks good Allen. Sorry about the needle, you'll find it hopefully. Glad the fuselage halves went together well. Paint should be fine for those decals.
Remember this is a family forum so talk of your granny's hairy rear may not be appropriate!! :smiling:

[Neil Merryweather]

This is looking wonderful ,Allen-I'm ALMOST tempted to get a WNW kit myself, but the price-tag is WAY out of my league.

[Tim Marlow]

Thanks Andrew and Tim summed up the AB very well. I bought this one back in the mid 90's from the PX when I was in the Army. It was sold under the brand name Testors and sat in the reduced wares bin for ages. When it was 75% off + 10% more, I snagged it up. Original price was $149.00. It's pretty bullet proof and has a lifetime guarantee. Hope I never need to use it, especially if they aren't in business anymore. It's easy to clean and use for a ham-fisted fool like me. I've never had a prob with air usage with it though...


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Allen

Hi Allen, I’ve often thought about using the bubble method to look for air leaks on mine, but never got around to it. There must be an issue because no one else has ever complained about them being air hungry. My guess is that the body leaks before the air gets to the needle. They do handle well, but I now prefer my Iwatta for simplicity of cleaning apart from anything else. The design was why I went for the SBS side feed, I got used to the cup being on either side out of the sight line.
You got yours very cheap, nice one. I paid about 150 dollars including postage from the states (couldn’t source one in the UK at that time, probably the early nineties). Not a bad deal at the time because it was the deluxe one with all the needles and pots and a nice wooden case. Exchange rate was a lot higher than now as well, about 1.8 dollars to the pound I think. Well, not a bad deal until I got hit with about 60 UKP import duty anyway :cold-sweat:

[Mickc1440]

Lovely work pal, never built one of their kits but they do look good

[Guest]

That’s an Aztec airbrush Andrew, no longer made I think.

Not sure … I tried finding out and come across a lot of places that still sell them, and parts for them, but the Testors web site … well … Click on Aztek under the header “Select Brands” and …

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Great.

I think Jakko uses one as well.

I do, I bought an A470 (the top-end model) about 25 years ago for 299 guilders (the price sticker is still on the box) because one of the main reasons I didn’t like airbrushing was the cleaning involved for the Badger 150 I used to use (and still have, too, but never use anymore). The plastic Aztek is much better in that respect.

I used to use it for camouflage etc., but nowadays, I use it for anything that needs to be sprayed in a single colour and use an Iwata for finer things. The roller that you mentioned is well and truly stuck, though — I had cause to disassemble it for the first time some months ago, and thought I would fix the roller while I had it apart. Nope, its whole axle seems totally stuck in a square piece of brass that holds it in place. I guess I might try WD 40 sometime, but as I never used the roller anyway, I don’t really need to get it unstuck from its fully-rearward position.

[Tim Marlow]

Not sure … I tried finding out and come across a lot of places that still sell them, and parts for them, but the Testors web site … well … Click on Aztek under the header “Select Brands” and …

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I do, I bought an A470 (the top-end model) about 25 years ago for 299 guilders (the price sticker is still on the box) because one of the main reasons I didn’t like airbrushing was the cleaning involved for the Badger 150 I used to use (and still have, too, but never use anymore). The plastic Aztek is much better in that respect.

I used to use it for camouflage etc., but nowadays, I use it for anything that needs to be sprayed in a single colour and use an Iwata for finer things. The roller that you mentioned is well and truly stuck, though — I had cause to disassemble it for the first time some months ago, and thought I would fix the roller while I had it apart. Nope, its whole axle seems totally stuck in a square piece of brass that holds it in place. I guess I might try WD 40 sometime, but as I never used the roller anyway, I don’t really need to get it unstuck from its fully-rearward position.

Mine’s a 470 as well Jakko. Interesting that you never used the roller. I used to use it to take the backlash out of the trigger switch after changing nozzles so there wasn’t too much dead movement before the paint came out….