Hello, welcome to the Trackage Video blog my name is Robert
Reynolds CEO of Trackage Video. Today’s blog is about how to save you some
money on model railroad hobby tools Part 2.
Again I would like to say that in no way am I discouraging
anyone from buying products from any number of hobby tool suppliers. But if you
are like me on a limited budget I have built this presentation for you. This
month I am in Entertainment Business Finance, and thought how can I do a post
on finance for the Model Railroader well here you have it. Saving Money On
Hobby Tools so lets get started on part 2.
Last time we talked about several items that you will need
to do model railroad projects. I had said to you that next time I would show you
how to save money on some more advanced modeling tools. I have decided to go a
different rout for this post today, and show you some great deals that I found
on Amazon to help you save money on hobby tools. We will look for several products
on Amazon, and I will compare them back to some of the most well-known hobby
tool suppliers like Micro-Mark, ModelExpo, and others. So lets look at these
great deals that I have found to get an air-brush compressor, air-brush, and
paint booth all in one location for a lot less then getting them from one of
the for mentioned stores. We will need to pay a bit more then the $80.00 that I
mentioned in my first post. The reason is that I am going to find you an
airbrush compressor that has an air tank on it.
I have been using my tank-less airbrush compressor, and
finding out that it is very important to have a tank version. You can use a
tank-less but I think that a tank will work better. I have been working on a
model of a UP Big Boy, and had some problems with airflow of my paint as the
compressor started to loose air presser having a tank on your airbrush
compressor will fix this problem. We will need to make sure the compressor has
an air regulator too. There are air settings for different types of painting in
the hobby without an air regulator you only have one setting.
So this is what you need to do. First, log on to Amazon.com
then in the search bar type in airbrush compressor with tank as of today you
will get 276 results. The very first item that comes up is a great deal, and a
great compressor, and it comes with a free hose for $100.70 that is a good
price to a $265.00 Paasche at Micro-Mark. Lets keep looking to see if we can
find a package deal that comes with a nice airbrush to go with the compressor. So
you can find an airbrush, and airbrush compressor package for about $150 to
over $300 on Amazon even a Paasche that is like our first pick with an airbrush
for around $180 that is a better price that most hobby stores sell them for.
You can get a tank-less airbrush with a regulator for about $70. As I always
say shop around find the best deal. It is not always necessary to buy the name
brand most of the time the same company made the two anyway.
On to paint booths, and this one can be very ruff. I have
been having a hard time finding any paint booth that is less then $200 in a
hobby catalog, and I found some on Amazon that would work for small projects. I
am not sure how great some of these smaller booths would be for all model
railroad projects. I will show you what I have found, and tell you that you
could build your own booth to save money too. Again go to the search bar on
Amazon.com and type in paint booth then check it all out. The first one that
came up today is a small portable type that I was talking about. I am possibly
going to buy this product myself in the future. This one is $69.95 it has a
small turntable so you can rotate your project, and it comes with an air hose
to vent fumes to the outside. I would say that this would work for you to paint
your rolling stock, and locomotives but it is made from plastic, and I would
only use water-based paint with it. The solvent-based paint would most likely
eat away at it over time. On this same page you will find other paint booths at
some astounding expense several offerings over $200 to over $400.
I have found a nice airbrush on Amazon for you it is the Master S68
Multi-purpose Dual-action Airbrush for Auto-hobby-craft. It is being sold for
$28.96 this looks like a nice airbrush, and the cost is nice. Many airbrush set
can cost up to $100 or more. I know that you can get a nice double action
airbrush from Harbor Freight Tools also for about $20. I have these and they
work great.
I would like to tell you about a nice tool set that
I found so that you can have a nice rotary tool without having to buy it from
Dremel. If you can afford a Dremel rotary tool then go for it. I encourage you
not to buy cordless rotary tools I have lost two so far to date from battery
problems. One was a Dremel, and the other Chicago Tools version so one
expensive, and one cheap. If you do wish to spend top dollar on a rotary tool
buy a Proxxon instead of a Dremel this is my opinion take it or leave it. On
Amazon you can buy a rotary tool for just over $10 to over $150 but I found a nice
hobby package deal last time that I will now share with you from PJ Tool &
Supply a rotary tool set with other needed hobby tools for $44,50.
Set contains:
•
Dremel type
rotary tool with 40 accessories and a heavy-duty carrying case.
•
4 pc. Dental Pick Set
•
5" Curved & Straight Hemostats
•
Needle file set
•
Riffler file set
•
13 pc. Hobby Knife Set
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Head Magnifying Glass
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Inspection mirror
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Magnifier Tweezer Combo
•
4 pc. tweezer set
These are some of the items that we talked about last time
with a rotary tool not a bad price.
I think that I am going to have to do a part 3 because this
post has gotten kind of long so next time I will get to the specific HO Scale
specialty tools.
Please let me know if you like this feature on the Trackage
Video Blog.
Thank you,
Robert Reynolds
