Airbrushing advice needed

[Neil Mccarthy 1Participant @neilmccarthy1]

Airbrush advice needed

[Neil Mccarthy 1Participant @neilmccarthy1]

Hi all I am looking for a airbrush is there a entry model or a decent one that I could get I have a compressor already but need the rest. If anyone could advise me that would be great. I will be using it to spray models, air rifles and probably everything in the house once I get going.

thank you in advice

Neil

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[Nick Clarke 3Participant @nickclarke3]

Totally agree Barrie – I am on my second after 40 years or so – I have a double action air brush for finer, non-modelling use, but for things that are the size of engineering models the 250, actually a small spraygun rather than a true airbrush, is my tool of choice.

[Dave Smith 14Participant @davesmith14]

Iwata Neo. Good entry level dual action airbrush. Works quite happily with enamels, cellulose and acrylics. If you going to spray say 3.5" gauge and up then as Nick says a mini spray gun is a better bet. Best to have both.

Dave

[Danny M2ZParticipant @dannym2z]

Nothing wrong with a Badger airbrush. Biggest problem was finding an adaptor to fit my compressor.

Next PITA is cleaning the airbrush,, especially if used to spray 2K epoxy so have plenty of solvent on hand (Gun wash)

[DalboyParticipant @dalboy]

I have the Harder and Steenbeck Ultra 2 in 1 It come with a .2 and .4 needle and nozzle set as well as a larger cup size. I find it has great control also spares are available if needed

I got mine from Air-craft.net They are in Fort William UK great service(Just a happy customer)

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[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

badger 250  EDIT 200 is a good all rounder, when I used to work weekends in an art shop it outsold all the other offerings that we did ten fold.

Iwata Neo are also nice and you can get them in both traditional airbrush style as well as more like a gun

Edited By JasonB on 11/08/2020 13:00:19

[Clive Brown 1Participant @clivebrown1]

Badger 250 for me as well. As air-brushes go, it's not too difficult to clean. I'd recommend getting several spare jars with the Badger for wahing out etc. or even holding a different coloured paint for a while.

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[Ron LadenParticipant @ronladen17547]

Sorry to interrupt but Barries pulse jet has me intrigued is that a control line model..? I can only see one elevator and no ailerons, if it is how on earth do you keep up with that..?

Ron

[Neil Mccarthy 1Participant @neilmccarthy1]

Thank you very much everyone looks like I will be trying the badger 250 then

thank you very much for all of the input

[MadMikeParticipant @madmike]

Talking about Pulse/ram jets, here is my totally sane accountant friend who has fitted a jet to his moped/sidecar outfit. Oooops how do i rotate 90 degrees clockwise?

 

 

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[Dave Smith 14Participant @davesmith14]

Barrie

Fabulous but bonkers!

Dave

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[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by MadMike on 10/08/2020 17:13:52:

Talking about Pulse/ram jets, here is my totally sane accountant friend who has fitted a jet to his moped/sidecar outfit.

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Good Grief … I recognise that frame tube

Probably the only good part of the NVT Easy Rider: **LINK**

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20147/lot/382/

MichaelG.

[Neil Mccarthy 1Participant @neilmccarthy1]

Hi all is this the right one as it’s a mind field looking through all different types

thank you

**LINK**

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

I think Barrie got me off to a poor start by saying 250 I meant to say  200. You want the Bottom Feed version at the top of this page. A starter set like this will get you going. Myself I would not want to use an external mix (350 & 250)

 

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[Jim NicParticipant @jimnic]

I'm with Jason. I have a Badger 200 which meets my neeeds for model painting very well; basically a small spray gun without the complications of trying to control air and paint at the same time but with the capability to produce either a dense coat or a fine thin mist.

I use my main compressor with a pressure regulator to drive it.

Jim

[Neil Mccarthy 1Participant @neilmccarthy1]

I have just found a badger 200 with a cheaper one and some thinners and things for £35 so I have bought that but will also buy the 250 and I can see which is best for me

thank you alll for the advice it’s been great just need to get using it now

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

A lot will come down to what the models are that you want to paint for example Barrie shows quite flat large areas with little detail where the coarser 250 will be OK but if you are sparying items with surface detail or trying to get paint into hard to reach areas then you can end up with excess paint on some parts and little on where you actually need it. The 200 allows you to use deliver less paint for these tricky areas and then just open up the needle a bit more to increase flow at the same time as moving the airbrush further away then you can blow in the surrounding larger areas.

Likewise on your airguns if just blowing them over with black then the 250 may be OK but once you start wanting to do camo patterns etc then the wider heavier spray pattern of the 250 may be an issue whereas the 200 will allow for more detail.

The actual patterns and paint flow of the 200, 150 and 100 brushes are all actually the same the only real difference is the 200 uses the trigger for air flow and knob at the back for paint flow but the dual action 150 and 100 have it all control by the trigger which can take a bit of getting used to. There is also the third option which falls someway between the two of "progressive dual action" where the air flows before the paint starts to flow all from one trigger movement.

Do avoid Badgers with the IL or Fine head/needle combination as these are really only suitable for the very fine pigments in inks and water colours, a HD head/needle will cope with enamels and primers without excessive thinning.

Like Jim I just use the compressors regulator to set the air pressure I want coming out of the tank.

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