Hello everyone,
This a fairly noobish question but here goes. How do prevent dust from getting to your models, or how do you clean your models of dust? Or do you just leave them dusty for shows and things?
Cheers

Loobes

Store your models ... even when building in a cabinet or even in a plastic box. To clean away dust, blow air through an airbrush or buy a canister of compressed air. These can be bought in computer shops ... they come with a little straw for blowing dust/crumbs out from between keyboard keys, etc.

I use a retasked makeup brush that I "borrowed" from my mife. It is soft and pretty full. Gently wipe the surface of the model to remove the dust.

Dust can be a staggering problem out here in dusty West Texas, where in the spring we stand outside and watch Arizona and New Mexico blow past. It used to drive my Mom crazy that she could dust in the morning and have to do it again in the afternoon. Anyway, I have a large bulb like device that I bought from a photo shop to clean the sensors on my digital SLR. It does a remarkably good job, both on the camera and my models. I can control where the air goes, and yet its gentle enough to not do any damage. The one drawback is that I cannot travel by air with the thing, kit looks like a mortar shell!

John

I have my completed models on open shelves. If I am taking them to a show I always dust them carefully and completely with a soft 1/2 inch camel hair brush. Never take a model to a contest without dusting it. If a judge sees any dust, his attitude is, "If he doesn't care how his model looks, neither do I. NEXT!"

I use something similar to what John mentioned. We used them at work to clean dust and lint out of electronic and photo equipment. However I have seen them in cleaning kits for around $5-$7 (US). You can also try using an airbrush compressor. You can even use an airbrush...without paint...as an improvised trigger valve.