Got mine run in to the point of just self-starting either way with a bicycle track pump and a soldered up rice pudding tin to act as a receiver. However my compressor arrived from RDG (Great people) yesterday and it is a lot easier!. Strange that RDG sell the quick release couplings but only with one tail fitting - Everything airbrush sell the tails separately and I recommend the ones for the aztec airbrushes as they have a 5mm female thread which you can drill out and silver solder in the sort of pipe diameter we use.