No,not me.Not something I would care to do,I feel more comfortable working in my own environment.If I had my own vacation house,I think I would have a setup there and bring some stuff back and forth,but not for vacation or business trips.
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The travel size might work better for my needs.
Need to take some measurements when I get home. I could see it being used for a weathering travel kit as well. Heck for some (me included) it could used for storage at home to help with organizing.
Thanks again for the suggestion Bert. 
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Although I don’t make a habit of building away from home (way too easy to lose parts! 
), a fishing tackle box would seem to be a reasonable solution. Or a tool box with the fold-out trays.
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Thats basically my home set up working of the kitchen table!!
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How did that compressor go? (It might be a decent option for a lower-cost solution to airbrushing in an apartment, if it worked well enough for you)
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As I recall it worked good enough spraying wise.
I plan to test again but it might be next weekend as I have to move a crumb cruncher into college this weekend.
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I’ll make sure to read through your review. Taking a quick look on amazon, there are a handful of options under the 100 euro mark, a few of which look to be the type with an air tank. Since I don’t plan on traveling with it, I am not limited for size.
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For what it’s worth, there are these: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008805174537.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.763438daMeyQ6r&mp=1&pdp_npi=5%40dis!CAD!CAD%2020.87!CAD%2019.99!!CAD%2019.99!!!%402103244b17557331235813128ebe4d!12000046738285084!ct!CA!2553906158!!1!0
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$8! How long does it work? That’s a little too bargain basement for me.
I got the $30 version sold on Amazon and it works great. Is now down to $19.90. Shoots for over an hour on one charge. .35mm needle is good for all uses. Great for travel or outdoor spraying. I have no idea how long it will last though. I suspect one day I will pick it up and it won’t hold a charge, or will shoot funky. But it wasn’t a big investment in the first place.
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Can you select the pressure, or is it all one pressure?
P.S. It seems that there are: 23 psi, 27 psi and 30 psi
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It’s one pressure, I’m pretty sure it’s 30 PSI.
On the version I have, because you attach with a hose you can use whenever airbrush you want. So a MAC valve could come in handle. You could also attach a gauge if needed. Easier to play with the distance to model than pressure. I might not be refined enough to appreciate the air pressure differences from my experiences.
I personally don’t like the airbrush that close to the compressor as it adds additional weight and bulkiness when spraying at different angles. Also if you like/used to a trigger style that setup doesn’t allow you to do that. If that setup works for you, that is great.
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I plan on getting a hose as well. What’s a MAC valve?
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It’s the wheel below the nozzle. The short answer - Micro Air Control valve. For the science behind it all.
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Thanks! I think I’ll start out with one of these portable/rechargeable compressors with at least a moisture trap and MAC valve, then I’ll see how much I enjoy using it.
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Depending on local environmental conditions, not sure you will need a moisture trap.
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Many thanks for the link to interesting reading!
So the MAC valve does something to the velocity of the airflow at the downstream side of the valve. Then the air speeds along in the internal piping inside the airbrush and then the air gets squeezed out through the constrained space around the nozzle?
The downstream side of the MAC valve will influence the end result.
In the “ideal” case when there is no turbulence or anything else to mess up the
“invertibility” of the Bernoulli equation the pressure and air speed would be very
close to what it was upstream of the MAC valve.
The hose between the compressor outlet and the MAC valve will also come into
the whole mess, thick or thin hose, long or short …
Is there already a Venturi effect where the hose attaches to the compressor?
What happens in a long and thin hose?
I think I will stick to adjusting the pressure at the compressor until I get the
result I want at the nozzle of the airbrush.
As far as I’m concerned everything in between is just complications that
can be ignored.
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I have a MAC valve on my air hose, so it works with all of my regular airbrushes. It is more precise than the regulator air adjustment, and it is much more convenient than reaching down to the regulator to make tiny adjustments to air pressure. I run my regulator at about 15 PSI and adjust the air pressure on my MAC valve until I’m shooting the pattern on my test card that I want to shoot. I’ve gotten it so that I am in command of the airbrush, not the other way around.
I recommend a moisture trap on the regulator, and an in - line moisture trap at the airbrush, as compressing air creates moisture, even in dry environments.
Thin your paint to the consistency of skim milk and shoot at 15 - 20 PSI. If you are getting clouds of overspray, your pressure is too high.
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Thanks for the clarification!
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