Shaun....do some price checking. A Badger Patriot 105 airbrush like mine will be about a $70.00 item, the air hose another $20.00. You need a compressor...I bought a Harbor Freight $35.00 pancake model. Find a decent in-line pressure regulator, maybe $25.00. I use all Createx standard airbrush colors in the opaque, transparent and the pearlized. I use some Gloss Top Coat to mix hi lite powder used in soft plastics as the last coat airbrushed on. I use CS Sealcoat to dip and let drip the baits after the eyes are put on....you can find the sealcoat here in the store. You'll need airbrush cleaner and reducer. Go to a thrift store and pick up some shot glasses for mixing paints and a hair dryer to heat set your paint coats.
Here are some websites where you can find the un-painted bodies:
www.sheltfishingtackle.c om https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html? www.aliexpress.com/popular/unpainted-lure-bodies/2html?https://www.wlure.com/collections/blank-lures?I'd strongly suggest you get some bodies the size of a #5 shad rap to practice the painting on so you can developed some skills with the airbrush before you tackle the real small bodies. You'll need to figure out the pressure settings that work best for the brush and paint you use along with actually experiencing putting the paint on uniformly. Once you've got some of the larger bodies done up go ahead and just wash the paint off , let them dry and start over with them. Its takes a bit of time to get comfortable with the whole process but you'll pick it up fairly fast. Expect some screw-ups...just wash them away. If you get frustrated just clean everything up well and put it aside for a few days, then go after it again, don't force yourself into sitting there getting flustered or practicing a bad habit.
