Air Brush (what do you use?)

Josephp13 · Post by **Josephp13** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:57 pm

I need some help. What would be a good air brush for doing my ships and subs with. I have been painting with cans for so long now. Models are starting to get loads of detail in them and cans can some times drown out the detail. So I was thinking of going to an air brush. I do not know much about them but I have been doing some looking around. What do you guys use?

les · Post by **les** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:56 am

Badger Model 200 Single Action

johndon · Post by **johndon** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:21 am

Same as Les with an 'almost' silent compressor - means I can do my building in the kitchen without upsetting the rest of the house.

John

PetrOs · Post by **PetrOs** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:42 am

I use Victor AB-3 gravity feed double action airbrush, and Victor Compressor, a simplier type of it (membrane type, but with water separator and pressure regulator), dont remember the model number

Im fully satisfied with it.

Devin · Post by **Devin** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:14 pm

I now work with 3 airbrushes, all of them Badger:

I have an external-mix 250 that I use for "hot" solvents, such as lacquer, for large areas such as priming, mass clear or flat coats, etc.

I have a Badger 150 that I keep around just because I've had it for over 20 years now. It's good for medium jobs, such as 1/350th scale ship hulls and decks, etc., wherever I need wide coverage but want to be able to throttle back the material for thin coats.

My favorite is Badger's Sotar 20/20. Dual action, color cup only. I can get pretty good coverage for a full ship hull, but it's better for detail work, shading, weathering, etc. Fantastic control, super fast clean-up, etc. The only issue is that some people say they do not respond well to hot solvents over a long term, so I'm reluctant to shoot primer through it. It, in short, is the best modeling tool investment I've ever made.

-Devin