Compressor hose adapter?

[Jonzjob]

I am just starting out to do some airbrushing on my RC model gliders. I have a compressor and it has a 'normal' push fit hose connector. I also have a short length of hose that was used for something else and it has a 3/8" screw thread fixing on teh output end. The airbrush I am getting has a 1/4" fitting on the hose and I am looking for a 3/8" to 1/4" adapter for it.

Any ideas anyone please?

 

[marcros]

Machine mart if they are local to you are pretty good on airline fittings. Take the bits along.

 

[Robbo3]

Anywhere that deals in airlines (obviously & not British Airways) or hydraulics.
The art is finding these small units tucked away on trading estates.

 

[novocaine]

are you sure it's 1/4?

just wondering as most are 1/8th.

now, because that's completely unacceptable to suggest you don't know what you have (for which I apologies) here you go.
Ebay 3/8 t0 1/8 adapter

and if you want to avoid ebay
https://www.rdgtools.co.uk/acatalog/6PC-COMPRESSOR-FITTING-SET-8756867.html

 

[Jonzjob]

Definitely 1/4 mate. :mrgreen:

https://anticsonline.uk/N523/N430/N2371 ... brush.html

I have 3 gliders I want to spray. One is now about 25 years old and needs some TLC. A 10 foot span semi scale Minimoa from the mid 1930s. A lovely gull wing model.

 

[novocaine]

lovely, you are obviously far better at flying them then me, I have 3 balsa guppys, actually that's not quite right, I have 1 balsa guppy in 3 peices.
I'd be really tempted on a 3m span to use a touch up spray gun rather than an airbrush

I have something like this
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Air-Spr ... SwjvxbRxPf

means you can cover the entire wing in 1 pass, no overlapping and less runs.

 

[Jonzjob]

That Guppy looks like a nice little model and would go well on an electric motor me-thinks. I'm not too keen on the smelly noisy infernal combustion engines. They upset my hangover :shock:

The Minimoa will only be sprayed on the solid surfaces and not the fabric. Plus, I will probably be putting some detail on it as well, but ta for the info on that gun.