Airbrush???

[Guest]

Good evening all.

Hope you are all well??

Could someone please tell me which airbrush is the best to get? There are so many and opinions would help a lot.

Also if anyone has an old one they want to sell me really cheap (finances are very tight with just having a third baby a week ago) it would be much appreciated :-)

Richard

[John]

When you say which is the best, do you mean gravity or syphon feed? I personally would chose a gravity feed, you use less paint, if it's make, then I would say Iwata A: because I stock them and B: it's the only make I've ever used, I have an airbrush I've never used that you can have for £15 + postage, it's a gravity feed, the down side is if you bend the needle or damage any other parts then you won't be able to get replacements, if your wanting one that you can get replacements for then you could try the Iwata Neo

[Ian M]

Thats actually a tough one to reply to. The best airbrush is the one that you like to use and 'get on with'

I would say go for a double action one though.

Some times you can buy a cheap one that lasts for ages and works very well, although other times you can be unlucky and wast your money, as they don't work, don't last or there are no spares to be had.

If you are on a budget, I would suggest buy the best that you can afford and have one that will last and with a good customer support.

Have a word with John in the shop as I am sure he will be able to sort you out with a good one at a fair prise. I have only heard good things about those he sells.

Personally I have a couple of Badger and a couple of Sparmax. Although the Badgers cost over the double of the SparMax ones, I still use them as much as each other and they work just as well as each other.

Not much help I know but I am sure those that use Iwata will come and say what they thing of them.

Ian M

[stona]

I do use mainly a couple of Iwata brushes and very good they are too. However I think Ian has pretty much nailed it above. Get the best you can afford. There are plenty of people who use relatively inexpensive airbrushes with results good enough for them!

I found that the biggest investment was in a compressor rather than an airbrush but the same rule applies.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Well with the new baby, I can't really afford much so how much would the postage be for the £15 airbrush John? Will I need to get anything else or is it ready to go?

Cheers

Richard

[John]

It will only cost about £3 to post it, you will need an air supply, you can get cans of air which work out expensive and as Steve said the biggest investment is to compressor, the ones I stock start from £89

[Ian M]

Another thing to consider is that you can buy quite a few, good quality hairy stick things, paint brushes, for the money.

Please dont get me wrong, I'm not trying to talk you out of any thing. There are many on this forum that paint all their kits with a brush and get very good results. Some of which are indistinguishable from sprayed kits!

Ian M

[Guest]

As a returning beginner I have found that learning to get good results from an airbrush requires practice and perseverance. There are many variables: air pressure; size of nozzle; distance from the airbrush to the part; degree of thinning; make of paint; amount of pull-back of the trigger (this varies the strength of the paint stream); gloss varnish is more difficult than paint. There are several faults to cure: paint spatter; uneven coating; airbrush clogging. Not that I am trying to put you off — I have made good progress and am almost there.

As practice is needed you need something to spray on to (you don't want to spoil actual models). I have used supermarket milk bottles (try to get the ones with smooth surfaces rather than stippled), also one-litre lemonade bottles. (I now have a psychedelic collection of these which I will offer to the Tate Modern).