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Question for those with Testor's Aztek AB; do you use the spatter nozzle
Topic Started: Oct 29 2016, 07:25 PM (464 Views)
Big Kohona
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woody
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Although I own an Aztec, I've never tried the spatter nozzle. I tried using that airbrush once and hated it, so the experimentation stopped. That being said my gut feeling is a spatter nozzle won't work for Luftwaffe camo. I've done a lot of mottling over the years, and my experience has shown me that a very tight, fine spray pattern is needed to produce a scale soft edge. A spatter nozzle does just the opposite. Your basic full size spray gun produces a 7-8 inch wide fan, the outer 2 inches is where you get your fade between colors. That 2 inches is about .023 in 1/72 scale. The haziness of mottling is produced both by the fade between colors and that often it's a rather thin coat of paint that's somewhat transparent. Give it a try though, I'd be interested to hear what your results are. Even if it doesn't work, you may discover it's useful for something you hadn't even thought of yet.
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Graeme H
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Owned and used an Azrec for close on 30 years, and on my 2nd one, have had the splatter nozzle since it first came out, do remember I experimented with it, but have no memory of it, so couldn't have been anything I thought useful
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It's useless for anything model related. I have had several Aztek Airburshes ever since Testors started selling them in the early 90's. 5 Nozzles are usable: Black, White, Tan, Gray, and Turquoise. The rest are for the artist who work in paper and ink or photography.
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Drewe
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In my experience every nozzle on an Aztek is a spatter nozzle! :)
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woody
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You got that right Drewe!
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Woody
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