Airbrush feed

I prefer bottom feed, but I'm probably in the minority. The biggest drawback being you have to waste more paint then you would want to.

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QUOTE: Originally posted by tigerman I prefer bottom feed, but I'm probably in the minority. The biggest drawback being you have to waste more paint then you would want to.

I would agree, but it depends on your needs also.
Some people want their airbrush to paint things other than models and like the siphon feed airbrushes for this reason.
I am one since I do T-shirt airbrushing and need an ounce of paint or more connected to the airbrush, but I do have a gravity feed also that I use for models.
A gravity feed is great as was stated for using a very small amount of paint as you can literally put two drops of paint in them and spray with it.
If you are going to use it exclusively for plastic models I would go with the gravity feed airbrush as it is easy to clean, easy to change colors without spraying as much thinner through to clean it, and, as I stated above, you can put a drop or two in the color cup to spray something small that you may have missed when you were painting a batch of parts.
I recommend you look at the Thayer & Chandler (Badger) Omni 4000 and 5000, or Iwata Eclipse BS and CS. If you want a hybrid that does both there are some who like the Badger 360 and Omni Matrix.
I hope this helps.

Mike

For model painting, gravity feed is the way to go, for all the reasons Mike said. You save a lot of paint and clean-up effort.
I use an Iwata Eclipse BS

I agree with both merlin and Mike V, go with the gravity feed airbrush. If I had to purchase my first gravity-feed brush I would opt for the Omni or Badger 360. However I currently own and use with excellent results an Iwata Revolution HP-CR(gravity), Iwata Eclipse HP-CS(finer detail, gravity), and Paasche-H (bottom-feed with fine tip). Good hunting!