How to Use an Airbrush [Paperback]

Robert Downie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2001

This is a How To Use An Airbrush Book from Kalmbach Books. FEATURES: Glossy softcover 96 page book with 215 full-color photographs. This book presents 11 dynamic projects to help you achieve creative, colorful and ultra-realistic finishes for your plastic models. Techniques covered include a variety of camouflage, weathering, high- gloos, ""vinyl"

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company (June 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890242879
• ISBN-13: 978-0890242872
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #686,673 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Expressly for Hobbyists, not Fine Artists, October 19, 2004

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Astro-Man (Springfield, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Use an Airbrush (Paperback)

This book does a good job of showing how to use an airbrush in hobby projects. Because it is for the beginner, there needs to be a great deal more coverage of troubleshooting and cleaning. A bit of theory might not be bad, either. I am the exact target audience of this book, and I was hoping for more of the above, in case I run into trouble.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More About How to Paint A Model, September 19, 2006

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John A Lee III "jal3" (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Use an Airbrush (Paperback)

This is an excellent book but the title is a bit deceptive. It spends a little bit of time at the beginning describing airbrushes but does not go into much depth. There is not much on how to select a great tool. Instead it details techniques for painting models. In this, it does a very good job.

I bought this book because I wanted to learn about airbrushing for painting model railroad cars and structures but I know absolutely nothing about them. I still know very little. I did learn some fascinating ways to paint model cars, airplanes and figurines, though.

If you want to learn techniques for doing the actual painting, especially on hobby models, this is a great book. Its illustrations are lavish and clear as are the explanations. If, on the other hand, you want to learn about the brush itself in terms of choosing one and maintaining it, look elsewhere.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars perfect for beginers, February 24, 2006

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bob mathews (champain IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Use an Airbrush (Paperback)

This book is perfect for anybody who has just purchased an airbrush or has just a little exerience. This book is slanted to modelers (cars, planes, and fiqures) and as such I would not recomend this book if you are not intending to use your airbrush for that purpose. But the book does take you thru a step by step procedures for which airbrush is right for which project, and list some other equipment to use. It even gives a quick description for how to build a cheap spraybooth. The author of the book is mostly known for his work in model cars so many of the techniques that the are slanted toward that purpose but he does delve into someother types of models. The thing that I most appreciated about this book is the ALL of the pictures are in color.