Which Air Brush to buy?

[shanks]

Just thinking of getting an airbruch and compressor to let my woman have a go at painting my shells - she is good at that kind of thing...

So what do you reccommend?

Not looking to spend too much cause it may get little use - but obviouly no point in buying something thats no use..

Any reccommendations would be helpful thanks

[blitzboy]

http://www.everythingairbrush.com/index.html

here ya go buddy ave a flick about on this site its where i get my bits and bits spares from

[BagofSkill]

Aparently this https://airbrushes.com/product_info....oducts_id=1110 is quite a good brush for the money, I think it was Tel who said it was nearly as good as some of the really expensive kit.

I'd recomend getting a small compressor of ebay or similar. Something with a air tank and resevoir on it, like a pancake compressor can be had for as little as £25 and will be soooo much better than trying to use compressed air cans!

Good luck!

[shanks]

Did you mean to put a link in there??

Originally Posted by BagofSkill

Aparently this is quite a good brush for the money, I think it was Tel who said it was nearly as good as some of the really expensive kit.

I'd recomend getting a small compressor of ebay or similar. Something with a air tank and resevoir on it, like a pancake compressor can be had for as little as £25 and will be soooo much better than trying to use compressed air cans!

Good luck!

[BagofSkill]

Oops! I cut but didn't paste. Sorted.......

and here:
https://airbrushes.com/product_info....oducts_id=1110

[j.m.]

I got this one about a month ago, great stuff:
http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s..._air_brush_set.

Same as one of the above brushes, but 1/4 the cost.

Jon

[BagofSkill]

Damn, that is good value! I'm going to have to look at this! been after a 0.5 tip to try for a while!

[DCM]

that is cheap, as all the cheap ones, tend to be 0.3mm which isn't brill for faskolor, I ended up buying an Iwata HP-CR which is a 0.5mm dual action.

[BagofSkill]

DCM, that one comes with 0.2 and 0.5 needles and nozzles, and maybe a 0.3 already in the brush depnding on where you read. I just read a couple of on line reviews and for the cash it look promising.

When I use faskolor I prefer to thin it a bit and use a 0.3 brush. It just works for me, and with some practice will even spray chunky auto-air metallics too.

[DCM]

Yeah, some will reduce down, others tend to be a little too wet then... the 0.5 is great

[j.m.]

Yeah, the brush comes with a .3mm needle in it and has .2mm and .5mm spares.

I can use standard acrylic paint from the craft store with the .5mm nozzle on 60 psi without thinning. Most airbrush paint works good with 45psi and the .5mm nozzle.