Gamera

I loved my first Grex airbrush and used her for years until I soaked her in some solvant and ruined the seals. So I bought a second one, and the seals went bad after a year or so and now it leaks paint back into the brush. 

So I'm on the fence, not sure if I'd recommend them or not. 

 

A Grex has been on my want someday list for a while. I appreciate the information, Gamera. I'm not good at remembering stuff like "keep this airbrusha away from solvents", so probably not for me.

Thanks.

Thanks for the input. I usually use acrylics but I do use lawyer thinner for cleaning my Iwata. Maybe I'll just stick to them if seals go bad. I was interested in their pistol grip brush. 

I loved my first Grex airbrush and used her for years until I soaked her in some solvant and ruined the seals. So I bought a second one, and the seals went bad after a year or so and now it leaks paint back into the brush. 

So I'm on the fence, not sure if I'd recommend them or not. 

Rob358

as far as the Iwata, are there different size needles and nozzles I can get for it? I'm not even sure what it came with.

I think the C plus comes with a .3mm needle/nozzle with an available .2mm nozzle. If you have the HP-CS, it comes with .35.mm needle/nozzle with an optional .5mm available.

This is just my opinion, but I find anything smaller than .3mm of little use in modeling. OTOH, I like the .5mm in my HP-CS so much, I leave it in most of the time.

I don't know why airbrush mfgs and websites make it a mystery to find optional needs and nozzles. With the Iwata, you will need the .5mm nozzle, needle, and needle cap.

I hope this helps until one of our resident airbrush experts sees your question.