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Steve X2 · 29-06-2016 2:13pm

Anyone have a nice airbrush they'd recommend to someone starting out?
I really need to start painting some of my 3D prints and have decided to bite the bullet and buy an airbrush kit in the next week or so.

Myrddin · 29-06-2016 2:28pm

The Iwata Eclipse CS comes highly recommended. I've one myself, pretty nice piece of kit

Optimus Prime · 29-06-2016 3:06pm

Think thats the one i have as well and its grand, ive been using it the last couple of weeks and had no issues, once you get used to what psi etc to use. ill get a more expensive one down the road, but its a great starter in case you wreck it.

EDIT: Actually no haha on closer examination thats not the same one i have, i spent 25 quid on mine i think lol. it looks exactly the same as that though but without the writing on it!

Steve X2 · 29-06-2016 3:18pm

Cool, so i need a compressor as well. Any ideas on that guys?

Ideally a small, not so loud one is what I want. Would pay a bit extra for it to be neat and relatively quiet.

Optimus Prime · 29-06-2016 3:23pm

I bought this compressor

http://www.scalemodelshop.co.uk/airbrush-compressor-as-189.html

Its very small, it does make a noise when its compressing, i guess thats the word.. but its not going to wake up the neighbours. id imagine the more you pay the quieter it will get. ive seen ones that are just enclosed boxes.

This is the airbrush i bought, dont think its available at that link anymore but you will see it anyways. - Click id love to get a more expensive one down the road like Myrddins, to be honest though this one is grand, you can see the results of what ive done with it so far with no experience whatsever on the last page of the build the falcon thread in my sig. ive been practicing on an ATST kit i have.

Steve X2 · 29-06-2016 3:36pm

Optimus Prime wrote: »

I bought this compressor

http://www.scalemodelshop.co.uk/airbrush-compressor-as-189.html

Its very small, it does make a noise when its compressing, i guess thats the word.. but its not going to wake up the neighbours.

This is the airbrush i bought, dont think its available at that link anymore but you will see it anyways. - Click id love to get a more expensive one down the road like Myrddins, to be honest though this one is grand, you can see the results of what ive done with it so far with no experience whatsever on the last page of the build the falcon thread in my sig. ive been practicing on an ATST kit i have.

Its kind of hard to tell the scale of that compressor. How big we talking?

Myrddin · 29-06-2016 3:40pm

Think that's the same compressor I have, though the box of mine is different. My compressor stands about 1.3 feet tall Steve, and similar in length. They're not huge, but they're a decent size.

Optimus Prime · 29-06-2016 3:42pm

Hmm i guess nintendo wii box, same size as that maybe a bit higher.. i know you can get smaller, but the price goes up as you do.

Steve X2 · 29-06-2016 4:41pm

Cheers lads, I'll stick an order in for that Iwata Eclipse CS and see about the compressor. Looks like I'll need a 30mm and 50mm nozzle for what i want to do.

Steve X2 · 29-06-2016 9:49pm

Picked up a Flir camera recently and started nerding around with it this evening

PC Engine Core Grafx with Turbo Everdrive 2.4 thermal image(powered up for about 30 mins).
Images are low res, as thats just how Flir cams are.

Steve X2 · 30-06-2016 1:23am

And after 4 hours running.

Edit:
And what my couch looked like when i get up after sitting on it for 20 mins

Ok, I'll stop boring you with these pics now.

Corholio · 30-06-2016 2:16am

Paranormal Activity 5: Sofa Spirits.

eddhorse · 30-06-2016 10:30am

Thats deadly, i remember the C64 power brick was nearly melting through the floor after a few hours, I'd say it would be bright white on those images.

CiDeRmAn · 30-06-2016 10:55am

I remember the stepdown I was sold for my import GC actually melting on the wall, the plastic housing slagging off the metal interior.
That smell though, sends chills of fear into every retrogamers heart

Steve X2 · 30-06-2016 11:28am

Well if anyone wants to see anything in particular with the thermal cam let me know. I'll overlay the temps on the image so it makes more sense.
It's temp range is -20° to 120°C, so should cover most things.

I'm currently in the process of running and stress testing most of my consoles to see where the hot/warm spots are and seeing if some little heatsinks might help extend the life of them(those little ones for the raspberry pi are great for all the little chips inside our consoles).

30-06-2016 11:47am

Steve X2 wrote: »

Well if anyone wants to see anything in particular with the thermal cam let me know. I'll overlay the temps on the image so it makes more sense.
It's temp range is -20° to 120°C, so should cover most things.

I'm currently in the process of running and stress testing most of my consoles to see where the hot/warm spots are and seeing if some little heatsinks might help extend the life of them(those little ones for the raspberry pi are great for all the little chips inside our consoles).

take a piss and see how much it splashes

what type did you get?
we have a testo one in work,

Andrew76 · 30-06-2016 11:53am

What about a squashed scorpion in the palm of your hand? "over here...." :cool:

Steve X2 · 30-06-2016 12:29pm

BrownFinger wrote: »

what type did you get?
we have a testo one in work,

It's a version 2 Flir One(iOS version). Little dongle version that works with recent iPhones and iPads.

Andrew76 wrote: »

What about a squashed scorpion in the palm of your hand? "over here...." :cool:

Hang on, I just need to change the settings for that.

Myrddin · 30-06-2016 6:49pm

Be interesting to see two dreamcasts, one running the gd emu, and one stock...side by side with the same duration of activity

Steve X2 · 30-06-2016 9:31pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Be interesting to see two dreamcasts, one running the gd emu, and one stock...side by side with the same duration of activity

I dont have a GDEMU anymore, moved on to the USB host adapter made by that mad russian dude.

On another note, anyone able to make something like this for me?
http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8490331
I want to connect that bluetooth NES adapter to a Famicom, and this seems like a way to do it, but my skills are lacking.

Doge · 01-07-2016 12:11am

Steve X2 wrote: »

I dont have a GDEMU anymore, moved on to the USB host adapter made by that mad russian dude.

On another note, anyone able to make something like this for me?
http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8490331
I want to connect that bluetooth NES adapter to a Famicom, and this seems like a way to do it, but my skills are lacking.

Instead of buying the neo geo extension cable heres a trick to make a Db15 connector lomg enough to fit in the Famicom:

http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/snk-neo-geo-diy-db15-controller-plug/

Couod be done a lot neater too.

Maybe 3D print a little case to hold the DB 15 and NES connector?

Steve X2 · 05-07-2016 5:58pm

More FLIR stuff.

Megadrive/Mega-CD playing cart based game for an hour(Everdrive runs hotter than normal cart)

Megadrive/Mega-CD playing CD based game for an hour(with multi region bios loaded from Everdrive if that matters)

o1s1n · 05-07-2016 6:25pm

I'm really loving those photos!

Any chance of taking some arcade PCB/CRT chassis ones?

Might not be as aesthetically pleasing but would be interesting to see

Steve X2 · 05-07-2016 7:21pm

Sure, next time I've got the cab on with a pcb(and not hyperspin) I'll do a few pics of the pcb and cab itself.

And a few more pics of whats running in my office at the moment.
Twin Famicom thats been powered up and running games for 8 hours from an Everdrive N8(in regular and predator vision).

And the projector it's attached to.

I went for an FLIR addon for iOS rather than a standalone FLIR as the SDK is open and some people have done some pretty cool apps for it.

Doge · 05-07-2016 7:28pm

Can videos be taken with the FLIR app too?

Can the scale of colour be adjusted, it seems fairly sensitive fro, those pics.

Id love to see a video of someone using am ecig with a beefy mod.

Steve X2 · 05-07-2016 7:40pm

Doge wrote: »

Can videos be taken with the FLIR app too?

Can the scale of colour be adjusted, it seems fairly sensitive fro, those pics.

Id love to see a video of someone using am ecig with a beefy mod.

Yes you can do video, timelapse, photo and panorama with the default app. A lot more options with other apps and I'm still trying a them out.
The video is only 8-15fps due to the way the sensor works, and the same low res as the photo mode(plus it pauses every 30 seconds to re-calibrate the sensor). The scale of colour is very adjustable with lots of different ways to view the temp range.

CiDeRmAn · 05-07-2016 7:49pm

Tis only a matter of time before the human male groin and armpits become subjects of Steve's FLIR camera, if they haven't already.

Steve X2 · 05-07-2016 7:54pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Tis only a matter of time before the human male groin and armpits become subjects of Steve's FLIR camera, if they haven't already.

Dude, like the second thing I did

:D

CiDeRmAn · 05-07-2016 9:15pm

Steve X2 wrote: »

Dude, like the second thing I did :D

And the number of surprised people = 0

CiDeRmAn · 05-07-2016 9:18pm

As an owner of a Global Hypercolor top back in '92, I can attest to the heat generated by the upper body in unfortunate places, making one look like a sweaty, though trendily dressed, git.
I may have also been wearing Joe Bloggs jeans and a NafNaf jacket....
And listening to The Shamen on my Aiwa walkman....
Quite specific I know.....

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