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I cannot find a space to spay paint the undercoat on my models. Where do you spray yours?

Do you guys have any suggestions on how to build a spray booth so I don't ruin parts of the house, garage or garden?

Cheers

outside, in a cardboard box

Outside with a stick and some blu tac under the base to hold it on. If it's a larger model like a tank I'll use a box instead.

Outside in the garden usually, although with it getting colder here I'll probably move to the shed soon

Outside, if I can. Barring that, I use a big cardboard backdrop and spray in the bathroom with the vent fan running. Does a decent job of extracting fumes over time, but it doesn't do much in the moment, so I get the hell out of Dodge before my lungs burst into flame, lacking a proper respirator.

I do it outside using a long flat piece of wood and some double sided tape for infantry.

Outside. As long as it's not raining or gale force winds you can usually adjust your distance and spray bursts to account for varying weather.

If you do it inside or even in your garage you have to have TONS of ventilation or in a painting station (which again needs tons of ventilation). Heaps of paint just ends up floating around in the air and will settle on things, so if you undercoat white, inevitably half your house/garage/car will end up with a white dust if you don't have good ventilation, not to mention your lungs. You really don't want to be coughing up paint for the next few days.

I follow the majority and spray outside. If its somewhat windy it can affect it, but if you really need to spray, spraying low down behind a wall can help negate most of the wind

Personally, I spray outside, usually blu-tac the model(s) to a GW tank kit box. If it's windy I usually stand in the doorway & angle the box outside in my hand. If it's cold I set the spray can & models near the heater & then shake the can thoroughly. I rush outside & do a couple thin passes then put both back near the heater again til dry. Repeat til coverage is as desired, rotating models as necessary.

I get latex gloves and spray paint with the model in hand outside. I put the model in a box when im done. I go back and do it again to make sure I cover the models completely. Ive done it in the garage in the rain, but most of the time my wife complains about the fumes, lol.

Another tip I personally use, instead of blutacking models to something flat like a box or a plank, blutac them to a sprue which you've cut all the models out of (preferrably one that's reasonably flat so it's not too hard to attach them). That way you can give them a quick burst from below as well to completely cover the model.

I use white tac ontop of an old pepsi bottle for spraying outside, mostly because I always have the bottles lying around and I lack an abundance of stick to blu tac to.

matapata98 wrote:
outside, in a cardboard box

This.

Means I can only spray in weather that allows me to spray in (not too hot, cold, humid, wet or dry).

I used to do it in the garage. I had a small old bookcase that was falling apart that I screwed into the wall and would line the models along the edge of a shelf and spray, turn, repeat. Didn't work so great once winter set in though I did do it.

Recently though, having finished my basement I have set up a spray booth connected to an vent to the outside http://hobbyhobby.com/store/product/304007/HSSB-22-16-Spray-Booth/ and sprayed my last batch of models with Vallejo airbrush primer and am very happy with the results.

I spray my models outside against the garden shed.

Its already covered in paint from my dads various projects so i doubt anyone even notices.

I suggest this as a handy trick. You can get at all angles of the model. These days though, I only blutac to two of the four sides of the stick, so as to avoid accidentally hitting models that are already done and getting the undercoat too think.

The garage is supposed to be a mess. That's what it's there for. I'd do anything to have a garage.

I spray most of mine in the garage on cardboard. I do it in small batches then get out of there until the fumes evacuate..

Don't breath that stuff....

When it's above freezing and not raining, outside on a piece of cardboard.

When it's near/below freezing and not raining, in the garage on a piece of cardboard (but there's no heat in my garage so this is just to keep out of the wind mostly .. the temperature doesn't seem to have an affect other than taking a little longer to dry).

If it's raining or humid out, I wait for another day.

I used to just step outside, put the models on a cardboard box, and spray prime them out there. Recently, I built a cardboard box with one side cut out of it so I can stick my arm under it and hold the box away from me. This lets me stick my arm out the window and over my roof so I can spray prime my stuff from the comfort of my own room

I get lucky and I use the fume hood at work to prime usually.

In a pinch though, just like everyone else. Cardboard box!

Ontop of a box, that is situated on an antique table,

Outside. However, Humidity or temperature extremes can mess with spray priming.

Have you considered brush-on primer? There are lots of suitable model primers from companies like testors/Model Master. However, I've switched to Gesso, a product that artists use to prepare (prime) their canvases. I use it on most of my figures now.

Gesso:
-Is Cheap
-goes on easily
-shrinks a bit as it dries so it won't obscure detail and you can apply it quickly without being too careful
-Dries fairly quickly (I paint over it much quicker than the recommended time)
-Comes in Black, White and other colors and can be mixed with paint.
-Can be done at your desk indoors. Saving you time and frustration.

Here's the article on Gesso that made alot of hobbyists give it real consideration.
http://thescreamingalpha.com/?p=640

If you're spraying outside be careful of temperature and humidity. If it's too hot, too cold, too dusty or too humid, the spray paint can look a bit lumpy because of all the crap the paint picks up in the air and can even partially dry in the air before reaching the miniature.

In the garden, in a special gaffa covered box.

If theyre my mates minis; on his roof, in a special gaffa covered box.