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How to Use an Airbrush | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Downie
Brand: KAL
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 227344
Media: Paperback
Pages: 96
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.1 x 0.3
MPN: KAL12173
ISBN: 0890242879
Dewey Decimal Number: 745
EAN: 9780890242872
ASIN: 0890242879
Publication Date: June 2001
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Product Description
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"
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 No airbrush lessons in it May 8, 2008
Marcelo Ferraz Cosi (Sao Paulo - Brazil)
Wonderful jobs in painting plastic kits; but if you want a book to learn how to paint with an airbrush, get another book.
 if you want to learn January 28, 2008
Raymundo T. Flores (yuba city)
if you want to learn how to use a an airbrush this book can help you, but need more samples
 The title should read "Airbrush Techniques for Plastic Model Kits" May 26, 2007
Robert L. Dobson (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Actually, this book was precisely what I was looking for. I had purchased
and read several of the other airbrush instructional texts and, while they
were great in their own right, they were too generalized for my needs.
Most of them start out with how to choose an airbrush, air supply options,
etc., but then get a little too generalized as I said. They tend to talk
about airbrush techniques as applied to automotive painting, tattoo art,
and what-have-you.
The bottom line is if you are interested in learning airbrushing skills
as they apply to the detailing of plastic model kits, THIS IS THE BOOK
YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. Not only does the author cover the usual subjects
such as airbrush/air source choices, he goes on to ventilation concerns
and solutions, choices of paints and protective coatings, and other
areas.
He also presents several project examples as instructions on conceptual
areas such as modeling vinyl figures, weathering (i.e., making something
look like it's been through real-life wear and tear), as well as all those
little details that transform your kit from an overly detailed toy into a
miniature representation of the real item. I was particularly impressed
by the chapter "Adding Dirt and Rust to a '63 Chevy Impala". Here he
describes some very simple yet convincing method of taking a respectable
model kit and making it look like something that belongs in a junkyard,
right down to the grimy whitewalls and windshield wiper streaks.
For myself and others looking to make such transformations, this book
is gold. For others, it's definitely a bit too specialized and will
definitely disappoint, hence my suggestion for the title change.
Great Info, Projects can help, but most are filler May 11, 2007
Nathan Gleason (Pelham, NH USA)
This book helped me alot with my airbrushing skill. I wish he had written more of the general info as well as some beginner lessons. The projects are ok, I would do a coulpe mabey, but they don't help as much as beginner stroke, and shadowing lessons would have. More info on how to(try) do artwork with a single action brush. All in all a great resource.
How to Use an Airbrush May 6, 2007
Paul Bradley (Magnolia, Texas)
While not an exhaustive treatment of the subject, this is a very good reference. The foundation information needed to be successful in selecting and using an airbrush for model work is provided along with a variety of sample projects that demonstrate techniques. I had prior experience with airbrushes when the book was purchased but I did learn some valuable techinques and tips through the book.
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