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I have on my desk a small bottle, that was used for pills, with normal enamel thinner. It lasts for years. First I clean the brush in the bottle. Then I go to the kitchen sink, take a drop of washing-up liquid on the brush, clean the brush between the fingertips and wash out the thinner and rest of paint under running water. Best brushes you get in shops with artist's supplies.

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The US Fighter is painted with brush. So I must have built it before 1976, because in February 1976 I got my airbrush. The German version is airbrushed. I wanted to do something individual, so I built it with open canopy using a a thinner material, applied some red and black dots with toothpick to the instrument panels and a safety belt to the seat. The kit had a beautifully detailed landing gear. /media/tinymce_upload/26175415d613bd05e42ad2a7502a6614.jpg /media/tinymce_upload/a95c2ece57f60001af5431dc4e2fdeab.jpg

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DIY compressor - This is the cheapest and quietest equipment you will ever get. The compressor comes from an old refrigerator that was out of use. The airtank is the watertank for cleaning the windscreen of a car. Tank and hose were taken from a VW Beetle (wreck yard). The scale of the gauge is 0-4 (I don't know the British units). I work with a pressure of about 1,5 and the t-connection (zoo supply, aquarium) in the hose opens at about 2 like a safety valve, when one of the ends falls off because of too much pressure. You could take a professional valve, if you think it is safer. I work with this equipment since nearly 40 years for aircraft 1:72 and cars 1:32 and 1:24. The compressor doesn't run a long time, because I do only one colour at a time. If it is overheated, it cuts out but restarts some minutes later after downcooling. Admin edit: Image upload failed. Please ensure the URL used ends in .jpeg, or alternatively, save the image to your computer and then use the other image uploader