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An in-depth guide to getting the best results on your models, with ten step- by-step, illustrated studies ranging from weathered military aircraft to pristine, high gloss motor vehicles, science fiction models, fantasy figures, groundwork and buildings. Brett Green details the prerequisites of airbrushing, including the different types of spray equipment and air sources available, offering advice on appropriate thinners, paint ratios and air pressures to ensure the most appropriate paint coverage across a range of different airbrushing applications. He then examines various airbrushing techniques across a wide range of models. Read more
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
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Publication date : January 1, 2011
Edition : 1st
Language : English
File size : 8.7 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
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Top Amazon Reviews
I'm relatively new to airbrushing models, and this book is fantastic. It gives a lot of tips and techniques that are valuable to a beginner (like me) but also gives quite a few more advanced techniques that I'm currently trying or plan to try on future builds. That's the nice thing about this book, if you're a beginner, you can use a lot of the info in it right away, and as your skills improve, you can use it to help build upon these basic skills. If you're already experienced, there's enough more advanced technique included that it is certainly not a waste of time or money to have this book on-hand. Also (as is true of most Osprey Masterclass books) I LOVE the fact that the book is hard-cover but is also spiral-bound - this makes it EXTREMELY CONVENIENT to have on the workbench, laying flat while you're trying a new technique. This is the second Osprey book I've purchased and I'm very impressed with both.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2014 by Mike
This is an excellent resource for all levels of users
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2024 by Topper
If you are seeking an overview of airbushing techniques, or even airbrushing models in general, this is not it. Instead, I would high recommend "The Ultimate Airbrush Handbook" by Pamela Shanteau. If, however, you build WWII-era plastic model airplanes, then this is definitely the book for you. I agree with many of the other reviewers that this book places too much emphasis on WWII-era plastic airplane models. While the first few chapters are excellent, the prose suddenly stops and the majority of the remainder of the book is devoted to photographs of WWII airplanes in various phases of assembly. It is not terribly difficult to transfer many useful ideas from one type of modelling to another, however these tips are often hidden in captions to photographs of step-by-step instructions to painting very specific WWII plastic models. There are many very useful tips and techniques in this book, and therefore it still rates 4 stars. It would be better if the author didn't make it so difficult for the reader to glean these tips from reading photo captions.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2011 by Wesley Slates
I am giving this book a 5 star rating for the quality of the book. I purchased this book looking for airbrushing skills that would work for my model railroading needs. I found very little useful information. This book is for aircraft and war models so I was very disappointed. I returned the book. NOT FOR RAILROAD EQUIPMENT OR BUILDINGS.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2019 by Wood Guru
This airbrushing book is great if you are into military aircraft and want to learn camouflage techniques. That is what accounts for 75% of the information. The author obviously knows his stuff. It would be nice if he would have covered much more about basic airbrushing techniques. Unfortunately I did not know enough about the subject to understand all the book was missing. I later learned you need to know much more about nozzle sizes and how they are used based on the material you are spraying, how to cover large areas effectively without leaving dry/wet lines, a LOT more about cleaning/maintaining the airbrush, and when/how to use various PSI settings. The author shows a couple of pictures of figures with only a caption underneath/beside them. There is no information about airbrushing figures or small parts. The author does do a great job of explaining the effects of color, hue, and shading on scale subjects. His information about adjusting hue/shade to account for small scale is outstanding. Too much of the information is repeated. There is prose to explain the subject matter. Then there are photos whose captions simply repeat the prose. That, to me, is a waste of space and the reader's time. The book could have used that duplicate space to include the topics mentioned above.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2012 by James C
It has alot of pictures and is very good at explaining things and how to do it. Learning takes a little time. I am still learning I just started this year I don't ever think you will learn it all. It is fun.
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2014 by DLMerritt2
Thorough discussion. Excellent discussion of light and scale impact to color choice. More that just a primer on airbrushing. Exhaustive plane modeling examples, armor, and a few others. Many pictures illustrating techniques, including weathering.
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2015 by Jim B
This book is "real word" right down to the binding: it's a wire spiral, glued to a hardcover (rather well, too), so once you read it, you can take it to your model room/shop as reference and not worry about ruining it. The examples are all real models the author and mates have built. I learned a good overall amount, but a few gems, too. I carefully read reviews and product info, and chose this over the Finescale Modeler book on airbrushing, which was recently confirmed by a mate as being overall nothing (too little info). I wouldn't have minded some detailed info on some of the techniques, almost a Dummies version, but I think the real lesson is to build and paint as much as you can to gain experience. AS they say about writing, "Writers write", so I guess airbrushers airbrush! I certainly found the book useful and recommend it.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2010 by Wink Grise