well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles. The adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and the Works Apprentice, George.

[Tim Dubya]

30 minutes ago, Gilbert said:

I once mentioned cellulose thinners to the late-lamented Mick Bonwick in the context of airbrush cleaning......I only did it once....just saying..

Chris H

 

There's no quick way to properly (correctly) clean an air brush.  You have to take it apart lovingly and gently rub it's bits with a suitable solvent (read yer manual for which one, it depends on what the rubbery bits are made from).  Then give it all a nice polish and put it back together with some lube (of your choice, because by now you know what's safe👍), my personal preference is for a bit of needle juice... yum

 

 

 

 

 

[Oldddudders]

I thought cold steel and badger was wot men used before shavers....

[chuffinghell]

3 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

I thought cold steel and badger was wot men used before shavers....

….until Gillette came along it was the best a man could get

[MrWolf]

2 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

Cellulose thinners.

 

Takes no prisoners. Dirt flees screaming from it.

 

 

I use it for cleaning ancient carburetors, dynamos, switches etc. Beats sonic cleaning every time. 

Graphite is a great way to keep contact surfaces clean, it stops arcing on passing contacts, eg point blades.

[MrWolf]

2 hours ago, Gilbert said:

I once mentioned cellulose thinners to the late-lamented Mick Bonwick in the context of airbrush cleaning......I only did it once....just saying..

Chris H

 

Cellulose thinners will demolish the seals in an airbrush, then again, so will paints with heavy pigment.

When I was spraying a lot of sandblasted chassis parts with high zinc primer, I would use one of those really cheap Machine Mart spray guns, (about £12!) Five litres of paint used and the gun leaked everywhere.

 

I never used my Binks for anything but top coat.

[chuffinghell]

I clean my track and loco wheels with isopropyl on a cotton bud……when I can be arsbothered

 

I’ve used it to clean an airbrush before but I wouldn’t do it again, it has a tendency to ‘gum up’ any paint residue

 

 

Edited January 19 by chuffinghell

[John Besley]

I strip my air brush and dunk everything in cellouse thinners, cleans of Humbrol enamel a treat, polish the needle and the jobs as good as new.... I've had the badger since 1979.... keep thinking I could do with a new one, but it still delivers the goods.

 

Most of my paint is Halfords rattle cans, the badger just gets used for varnish or odd colours that Halfords don't do in enamel 

 

 

Edited January 19 by John Besley

[Donw]

What do  you do if you are using the airbrush to spray cellulose paint?

 

Don

[Gilbert]

7 minutes ago, Donw said:

What do  you do if you are using the airbrush to spray cellulose paint?

 

Don

Clean it very swiftly afterwards.....and don't soak your bits....

[NHY 581]

Morning all, 

 

Progress slowed on the new “quicky layout” for a variety of reasons. I rejoined the fray yesterday evening and lifted and relayed one of the points which was not quick right. Job for today is to replace the electrical feeds disturbed during the procedure so new wires and fishplates will be attended to. 

 

My initial intention of finishing this to an acceptable standard by the end of the month may need revising but I’ll keep plodding on and see where it takes me. 

 

 

In terms of exhibitions, it looks to be as follows, 

 

March-Nailsea with Sheep Dip

 

April-NEWGOG representing Lord and Butler

          SWAG’24

 

April/May Bristol visitor (Friday afternoon)

 

June-ExmoorRail with EWE

          Exeter with EWE

 

July-Penarth with EWE

        Larkrail visitor.

 

August-Railwells visitor (Probably Sunday)

 

September-Kidlington with Sheep Dip

                     Derby with EWE

                     I’m also looking to visit the Stafford show, probably Saturday.

 

October- Taunton with EWE

 

Another busy year. 

 

 

Rob

[Gilbert]

Ewe tease..

[2ManySpams]

1 hour ago, Gilbert said:

Clean it very swiftly afterwards.....and don't soak your bits....

 

Sound advice in a number of situations...

[John Besley]

2 hours ago, Donw said:

What do  you do if you are using the airbrush to spray cellulose paint?

 

Don

 

I don't spay cellulose....

[John Besley]

40 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Morning all, 

 

Progress slowed on the new “quicky layout” for a variety of reasons. I rejoined the fray yesterday evening and lifted and relayed one of the points which was not quick right. Job for today is to replace the electrical feeds disturbed during the procedure so new wires and fishplates will be attended to. 

 

My initial intention of finishing this to an acceptable standard by the end of the month may need revising but I’ll keep plodding on and see where it takes me. 

 

 

In terms of exhibitions, it looks to be as follows, 

 

March-Nailsea with Sheep Dip

 

April-NEWGOG representing Lord and Butler

          SWAG’24

 

April/May Bristol visitor (Friday afternoon)

 

June-ExmoorRail with EWE

          Exeter with EWE

 

July-Penarth with EWE

        Larkrail visitor.

 

August-Railwells visitor (Probably Sunday)

 

September-Kidlington with Sheep Dip

                     Derby with EWE

                     I’m also looking to visit the Stafford show, probably Saturday.

 

October- Taunton with EWE

 

Another busy year. 

 

 

Rob

 

Do you have the dates of these shows?

[JustinDean]

Reckon I’ll be heading to Stafford again this year. ‘Twas a good ‘un!

 

Jay

[Oldddudders]

23 minutes ago, JustinDean said:

Reckon I’ll be heading to Stafford again this year. ‘Twas a good ‘un!

 

Jay

Whether I can swing a visit for the third successive years is not certain, but Sherry's daughter in Crewe, her multiple friends in and around Stafford and the Haywoods, and a son in Rugeley do give me a fighting chance!

[NHY 581]

 

3 hours ago, John Besley said:

 

Do you have the dates of these shows?

 

 

Here you go John. Please verify in case I'm mistaken but think they're right. 

 

March-Nailsea with Sheep Dip

 

Saturday 23 March and Sunday 24 March 2024.

 

April-NEWGOG representing Lord and Butler. 

 

Saturday April 16th. 

         

SWAG’24

 

Sunday April 28th. 

 

May Bristol visitor (Friday afternoon)

Friday      May 3rd.

Saturday May 4th

Sunday    May 5th

 

June-ExmoorRail with EWE

 

Saturday June 1st. 

         

Exeter with EWE.

 

Saturday 22nd June.

Sunday 23rd June.

 

July-Penarth with EWE

 

Saturday 6th July.

Sunday    7th July.

 

Larkrail visitor.

 

Saturday 13th July

 

August-Railwells visitor (Probably Sunday)

 

Saturday 3rd August

Sunday 4th August

 

September-Kidlington with Sheep Dip.

 

Sunday 1st September. 

                     

Derby with EWE. 

 

Sunday 22nd September.

 

I’m also looking to visit the Stafford show, probably Saturday.

 

October- Taunton with EWE.

 

Saturday 25th October.

Sunday 26th October.

 

 

Rob

 

[MrWolf]

5 hours ago, Donw said:

What do  you do if you are using the airbrush to spray cellulose paint?

 

Don

 

If it's a good one, the seals should cope with any oil based paint. But as has been pointed out, clean it immediately afterwards and don't leave it soaking in thinners

 

Also, as Notenoughpanniers has rightly pointed out, a gentleman doesn't wipe it on the curtains...

[Tortuga]

2 hours ago, JustinDean said:

Reckon I’ll be heading to Stafford again this year. ‘Twas a good ‘un!

 

Jay

Same here.

 

@NHY 581 when you say Derby are you referring to MAG?

[JustinDean]

53 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

Same here.

 

@NHY 581 when you say Derby are you referring to MAG?

I believe the Sheepmeister is referring to MAG

[NHY 581]

1 hour ago, Tortuga said:

Same here.

 

@NHY 581 when you say Derby are you referring to MAG?

 

19 minutes ago, JustinDean said:

I believe the Sheepmeister is referring to MAG

 

 

Roger. 

 

Currently presenting EWE.......and possibly having a sniffter the night before. 

 

R

[JustinDean]

Multiple snifters I reckon. But not enough snifter to be malfunctioning the following day. 

[Tortuga]

Excellent news! Looking forward to it.

[John Besley]

Hopefully I can get to Exeter this year, if Matron allows me an outing

[Graham T]

2 hours ago, JustinDean said:

Multiple snifters I reckon. But not enough snifter to be malfunctioning the following day. 

 

One snifter rarely seems to be enough, in my experience...