After years of frustration I finally seem to be using my air brush more, spending more time painting and less time trying to get it unplugged.  I use a MicroMark pistol grip and spray Valejo Air at 25 PSI, a little retarder and a little thinner as suggested by Joe Fugate.  But after spraying it takes a lot more time trying to clean the air brush than painting.  I back flush, take apart, clean insides with q-tip.  But then it seems like I have to spray about a gallon of water and some thinner to get it to spray clear.

Just curious, How many layouts has the average or serious modeler built and destroyed, or sold, during their life time only to start fresh and rebuild again? (tearing down hours of labored love) Regardless of size, scale, location, or reason for starting over,  I myself was active duty navy (just 8 years) during that time I can recall at least 3 different 3'x6'8" ( on a door) and two solid 4x8 (depending on apartment or living quarters.) Since then however I kind of lost count, ball park over ten.

Looking for some videos of some builds... craftsman cars, buildings, shake the box, laser cut, detailing, restorations of old, or broken models...

Something to inspire me to do some modeling.

I have already seen everything related to that on TMTV... as well as MRVP...

Show me what you've found, or have done yourself.

I'm building switches following the fast tracks advice. I have a question about cutting gaps around the frog using a jeweler's saw.

The advice from the video was to mount the blade with the teeth pointing backward toward the handle. The second advice was to avoid pushing the blade (as that can make it bend).