Hi from Cork Ireland

[Murph]

Hi everybody, I'm Murph, Live in a place called Cobh (pronounced Cove) in South Cork Ireland.
I'm a retired Paramedic Clinician Married for 23 years to Claire (she that shall be obeyed) Live in a huge ground floor
apartment 20 yards from the sea wall with a 180 degree view of the entrance to Cork Harbour,
the massive cruise liners go right past the front bay window
Been into modelling for donkeys years, model railways, aeroplanes, boats, all sorts, now into Cars and Motorbikes, got a
Pocher 1:8 scale Lamborghini Aventador on the way from Germany it will be the most challenging thing I've ever done
so expect lots of questions, has anyone else tackled this beast ? Looking forward to it though, I already have most modelling tools
I've collected over the years just one or two bits to get for this one including a tapping set which someone suggested will be useful
as there's shed loads of self tapping screws but tapping first makes it easier apparently, watch this space !!!
Looking forward to meeting ye all
Slainté Murph

 

[urumomo]

Welcome Aboard !

 

[Jim62]

Top o the mornin to ya and welcome to the addict.

 

[TimM63]

Welcome to the madness

 

[BarleyBop]

Very nice!
We'll be watching for sure!
A very warm welcome,
Brian

 

[mark2]

Welcome

 

[Eagle-1]

How y'all are.

Rob.

 

[Murph]

Hey Lads, Thanks for the welcomes, the Lambo is now in Budapest awaiting a connecting flight to god knows where !! Don't set me off on F****** airbrushes I'm having a nightmare with mine, never used one till recently, did everything by the book, watched videos on You Tube about the correct mixing of the paint to thinners, all sorts, then bit the bullet and had a go, did everything I'd learned like pressing for the air flow then pulling back for paint etc, Jesus Mary and Joseph, do ye think I could get it to spray?? Could I hell, adjusted paint flow at the very back, nothing, lost all hope after an hour and washed it out having failed miserably, thing is I'm desperate to change the colour of the Lambo from that awful yellow to a bright red, any suggestions on a postcard please ?? Gotta fly, doing a gig later on with the band in my favourite local, The Mauritania Bar down town, mostly Trad Irish stuff, I play the Banjo and sing the odd tune while the singer is out on his ciggy break !! Catch yous all later, Murph
P.S. The term "Lads" means a group of both sexes here in the Emerald Isle, before I'm accused of it being called a sexist remark by a Swedish fella on a model railway forum who said I was presuming there were no females who do modelling LOL

 

[wjbrandel]

What airbrush do you have?
I use a H&S Infinity CR and a GS23 masters, the only problems I have is when I spray acrylic and forget to put in the drying retarder.

 

[Steve Ski]

Lol, I love your humor, Murph, so don't go changin! Welcome aboard, lots of talent round these parts. Sorry about the AB troubles, had em too, but kicked in some hinny and we're good to go. Don't give up, especially to an AB, HA!

Cheers, Ski.

 

[BarleyBop]

@Murph , I'm assuming you play an Irish Tenor, so it just occurred to me you might be one of the only other guys (of every pronoun) in this forum to understand my post about technique.
I tootle a bit on tin whistles and silver flute, just enough to torture the dog, nothin' serious.

 

[Droopy]

Welcome Murph!

 

[Murph]

@wjbrandel , It was the Oasser Airbrush and Compressor kit €61 Euro from Amazon
This one https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08DKCXQ6B/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

I've tried all sorts of different things and fer the love of God I cannot get it to spray !!! The air comes through when I press the trigger
but when I pull it back while keeping the button pressed there's no paint in sight, I've tried mixing Airbrush paint, and acrylic tubes
with both thinners and water then airbrush paint on its own and nothing happens, I cleaned it out each time as if me life depended
on it, resorted in the end to getting a small tin of Tamiya spray paint as it was only for a small scale Honda CBR 1000RR's panels so I
have 3/4 of a tin left for the Pagani Zonda I'm making.
Any help would be appreciated coz I'm losing the will to live !!!

 

[myhobbyroom]

Welcome from Ontario, Canada.

 

[Belugawrx]

...So it won't even spray water through the cup..?'
The problem might lie in the price you paid for that combo..just sayin
You might try tearing the whole brush down to it's preassembly form and checking each part...or go to the hobby shop and get a decent new one for $100 - $180
Anyway ..welcome to the addiction Murph

 

[brickhistory]

Looking forward to seeing the results.

 

[Pantherman]

Hi everybody, I'm Murph, Live in a place called Cobh (pronounced Cove) in South Cork Ireland.
I'm a retired Paramedic Clinician Married for 23 years to Claire (she that shall be obeyed) Live in a huge ground floor
apartment 20 yards from the sea wall with a 180 degree view of the entrance to Cork Harbour,
the massive cruise liners go right past the front bay window
Been into modelling for donkeys years, model railways, aeroplanes, boats, all sorts, now into Cars and Motorbikes, got a
Pocher 1:8 scale Lamborghini Aventador on the way from Germany it will be the most challenging thing I've ever done
so expect lots of questions, has anyone else tackled this beast ? Looking forward to it though, I already have most modelling tools
I've collected over the years just one or two bits to get for this one including a tapping set which someone suggested will be useful
as there's shed loads of self tapping screws but tapping first makes it easier apparently, watch this space !!!
Looking forward to meeting ye all
Slainté Murph

Hi and welcome to the forum. Pantherman

 

[Pantherman]

Hi everybody, I'm Murph, Live in a place called Cobh (pronounced Cove) in South Cork Ireland.
I'm a retired Paramedic Clinician Married for 23 years to Claire (she that shall be obeyed) Live in a huge ground floor
apartment 20 yards from the sea wall with a 180 degree view of the entrance to Cork Harbour,
the massive cruise liners go right past the front bay window
Been into modelling for donkeys years, model railways, aeroplanes, boats, all sorts, now into Cars and Motorbikes, got a
Pocher 1:8 scale Lamborghini Aventador on the way from Germany it will be the most challenging thing I've ever done
so expect lots of questions, has anyone else tackled this beast ? Looking forward to it though, I already have most modelling tools
I've collected over the years just one or two bits to get for this one including a tapping set which someone suggested will be useful
as there's shed loads of self tapping screws but tapping first makes it easier apparently, watch this space !!!
Looking forward to meeting ye all
Slainté Murph

My parents were from Birr, Co Offaly. Pantherman

 

[Mopar]

Hi everybody, I'm Murph, Live in a place called Cobh (pronounced Cove) in South Cork Ireland.
I'm a retired Paramedic Clinician Married for 23 years to Claire (she that shall be obeyed) Live in a huge ground floor
apartment 20 yards from the sea wall with a 180 degree view of the entrance to Cork Harbour,
the massive cruise liners go right past the front bay window
Been into modelling for donkeys years, model railways, aeroplanes, boats, all sorts, now into Cars and Motorbikes, got a
Pocher 1:8 scale Lamborghini Aventador on the way from Germany it will be the most challenging thing I've ever done
so expect lots of questions, has anyone else tackled this beast ? Looking forward to it though, I already have most modelling tools
I've collected over the years just one or two bits to get for this one including a tapping set which someone suggested will be useful
as there's shed loads of self tapping screws but tapping first makes it easier apparently, watch this space !!!
Looking forward to meeting ye all
Slainté Murph

Welcome! Glad you're here. My wife and I spent some time in Ireland in 2015. Absolutely gorgeous there and everyone was super nice to us. I'd love to stay there longer and get to experience "living" there. I'm hoping we can return!