After having spent time preparing parts and sub assemblies for airbrushing, mounting on card or wood blocks etc, I finally got to fire up the new airbrush to try it out, but with mixed results.
I had built a spray booth from rail mounted shower curtains, plus read everything I could online. Mixed 40% Tamiya Acrylic with 60% Tamiya X20A thinner, and had a session creating dots and lines on a big sheet of card. OK, but the double action spray pattern was much finer than I expected, about 1cm wide max, and hyper critical on distance. 2” almost no paint goes on, 1” paint runs.
I am sure there should be some other adjustments other than pressing the button for air, and pulling back for amount of paint? See photo: The front parts only unscrew for cleaning, and have ‘O’ rings. The rear plastic sleeve also unscrews, but whether the needle mounting is adjustable I don’t know. No instructions.
So far I have used two bottles of paint, not even covering the grey primer yet. Cleaning, as expected, is a lengthy process.
I am sure there is something very obvious I am missing here