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I really don't think skill has much to do with it. Rather, the pre-sets limit your ability to make the small adjustments needed to keep a thin line going. And as Mike says, its only annoying to have to remove the preset every time you need to flush out the nozzle.
And on top of everything, this must be the truth. It's the first time MikeV agrees with anything I say...
Better an airbrush in the hand, than ten in the car....
The Eclipse is pretty good...if you're going to be doing a lot of fine lines and close work with it, you may want to pick up crown cap.
If you're itching to go finer and you're well used to the CS and like it, I'd recommend trying the HP-C+. Excellent fine control.
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denstore Must say that I've never found the presets to be of much use, doing fine lines.
Must say that I've never found the presets to be of much use, doing fine lines.
The preset handle is for the less skillful airbrush user like me. I found it helpful in some situation. No, I do not use if very often. I can understand why you and Mike found it useless.
I have never used a preset ever. I believe in training the brain and finger for that.
If you have the preset handle set and you get a clog you have to unscrew it clear the clog and set it again.
I would rather just pull the trigger all the way back, blast some paint, clean the tip of the needle off with my fingernails while shooting just air and go back to painting. That's how I always did it with T-shirt airbrushing and it just became a habit.
Mike
It may also helps if you the optional preset handle.
http://www.bearair.com/Iwata-Pre-Set-Handle/productinfo/110387/
What the others said. The Eclipse will be OK if you thin more, lower your pressure, and get as close as possible.
I have that same airbrush, it has a .35mm nozzle. I can get as fine a line as I want. any smaller airbrush and it gets real touchy on thinning paint to pass through an ultra fine tip. Like Green thumb said, just practice and thin your paints down a little bit more than normal and get real close to the model.
I would say the airbrush you have is fine, just practice.
I'm looking at getting another airbrush. I have a Iwata Eclipse HP-CS I have been using. I'm looking at something for fine lines on camo painting on 1/72 aircraft. I heard mastering SEA camo on aircraft is very hard but I have seen some very good work. and this is what I'm looking using it for along with some F-15's and F-16's .Thanks J.
Also I work only with Model Master enamel paints if this helps.
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