Those of you with dual workspaces (build inside, spray elsewhere)

[Guest]

I may give that idea a try Jakko. I already use a kitchen extractor but haven't yet built an enclosure for it, so maybe I'll knock something up

Even a big cardboard box with a hole cut in it, big enough for the hood, should work for a test, I would think?

I can't imagine anything coping very well with clearcoating a 1/32 plane for example lol.

I guess that depends on whether you want to build one of the a four-engined bomber kits or not

[Andy T]

That's nice for a home made booth Mike and similar to what I'd make if I ever get around to it but as Jakko suggests it'll probably be a cardboard box as a test bed, then knowing me I'll just keep making do with that :smiling2:


Funny how this turned very quickly into a "how to spray indoors" discussion rather than what it set out as, but I remember how easily this place can go off piste :tears-of-joy:

Some great food for thought though, and I know you are all right, so I'll adjust my ideas and see if I can make it work.

[Waspie]

Short version : I know some of you do most of your building in the house then ship outside to a shed/garage for spraying. How does that work out for you?

I'm banished outside anyway! (Garage) So no choice. Wife is Asthmatic so no way I would even consider spraying or using anything slightly 'high' in fumes indoors. Even the glue. So I guess my modelling will be weather dependant.

[stillp]

I build in a spare bedroom/office/mancave/storeroom/dump, but spray in the garage. I have to be a bit careful of overspray as my TR4A lives in the garage, so I have one of those collapsible spray booths. I occasionally use rattle can primer, but that's always outside under the car port.
Andy, have you tried the Mr Hobby Aqueous paints? Water based but don't have the same tip drying problems as Vallejo. Unfortunately they don't have the same range of colours.
Pete

[Andy T]

Andy, have you tried the Mr Hobby Aqueous paints? Water based but don't have the same tip drying problems as Vallejo. Unfortunately they don't have the same range of colours.
Pete

Funny you should mention those Pete. I did buy a couple to try out but I'd been away from the bench for so long I didn't think I'd ever use them, so passed them on to another member to have a go with.

They'd definitely be one I'd look at, since I like their mr color range so much.

[David Lovell]

Hi Andy the mr hobby aqueous paints are bang on dont smell and are really fine and smooth as good if not better than tamiya ,I thin mine with the aqueous thinners but you can use any of the mr hobby thinners ,only thing to watch out for is a lot of the colours are semi matt think they call it that so sightly sheene.
As for work space ,dining table for building and spraying dont own one of thoes booth things I tend to put the paint on the model:tongue-out3:back in the day when I used lacquer paint if the hamster stopped running in his wheel i knew it was time to open the patio doors. Dave

[Andy T]

Thanks for that Dave. I've heard nothing but good things, I just wish I'd tried them out while I had some here :smiling4:

And that poor hamster....