Showing posts with label tamiya air compressor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tamiya air compressor. Show all posts

Saturday, July 24, 2010

The Price to Pay...

Recently I acquired an air compressor, but to my dismay, I was exceeding my budget and the compressor was cheap enough to be bought... So I went and showed it to my close friend who also is a gunpla-builder (Low profile character) and come up with the idea how to make it into and air brush compressor and also, compare to the pricing for the original stock air-brush compressor.

Here it is... These pictures were taken from my
phone... gomenasai~


Plug head, Price: BND1.80


Since the compressor is a direct plug, every time we switched on,
it just starts, so he fixed a relay switch into it.
Price: BND1.10


This is a pvc cable(much looks like and aquarium hose)
Price: BND2.50/meter
he use 2 meter

Double aquarium valve!! just in-case something got block in the hose,
there's always a failsafe system
PRICE:BND3.50


This is the compressor, 55W, one of the most expensive item
PRICE:BND60


The compressor wasn't earthed, so he fixed it too, remember
always check your equipment for safety!!

The 2nd expensive item is the nozzle
PRICE:BND60


And so you have it..
coverall price:BND131.40

Now lets see the price of a Tamiya Air compressor...


BND:238!!!

So yeah, now that everything is complete... now all we have to do is learn how to do air-brushing, coz I don't know heck how to do it...