Badger 200 Series Question

yes you should be able to buy a 200g fine and buy a  seprate meduium needle and head assemble for 200g and sg same parts a interchangable .

http://dixieart.com/Parts_for_Badger_Model_200SG_200G.html

 

I use the medium. I love it!

You'll enjoy that airbrush.

The fine is almost too fine for most hobby paint and their pigments. I have the 200-20 with the medium needle and it's considered a "detail" brush. But yes, you can buy a fine needle and head assembly and swap them around. The head assembly is pn#50-0161 and the needle is pn#50-173. Get some extra head washers (pn#50-055) you'll need them.

Briggs right.  most folks think fine medium and large relate to how fine a line an airbrush makes.  that's only part true.  it more applies to the type of paints/material you can spray thorugh the gun.  most model finishing is done with acrylics and lacquers - those spray best through the medium nozzles. in regards to the 200G that is one of the few badger guns I don't have - it's actually one of the few guns I don't have period, so I can't speak to it specifically.  But of  all the guns I have (about 25-30) my badger's are the best - not a bad one in the lot and that's about half of what I own airbrush- wise.  So I guess the 200G is a very safe purchase, but I'd recommend the medium nozzle.

 kosmonot out

Thanks everyone for the info.  Sounds like for my purposes I could get away with the 200G Medium.

what about the 100 series?...are they fixed and unchangeable?...i was looking at one and was thinking the medium would be better than the fine but am not sure....any help would be great...

For the most part, modern airbrushes were designed for easy to disassemble for cleaning. The nozzle and needle will eventually wear out and need replacement after repeated cleaning. This includes the Badger 100 and 200 series. The exception is the Aztec AB. Aztec discourages user from taking their AB apart.

However, you do not exchange nozzle and needle for different paints. You will be better off buying a second AB.

I don't have a Badger AB. I use Paasche and Iwata because they are cheaper and easier to get parts locally in my situation.

For modeling, I use the Iwata HP-CS with medium 0.3 mm needle mostly. I have another fine 0.2 mm needle AB which can paint very fine line with very thin paint. But I don't use it much.