Well, I purchased an Iwata

QUOTE: Originally posted by saltydog OH.............................MY................................GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!! mikeV with an iwata!!! . .................................................................................................................................................. sorry fellows, i fainted and just now regained my senses. thats a purchase you wont regret my friend. i love mine.

QUOTE: are you gonna give it an honest to goodness review are one that is biased? cant wait to hear what you have to say about it my friend.........i think.

QUOTE: Originally posted by MikeV My buddy Chuck shot me an email and told me to check out an Eclipse on Ebay, so I checked it out and I bought an Iwata Eclipse CS used for a Buy it now price of $30 plus $3 shipping. You can't beat that price huh?

QUOTE: Originally posted by sigman Hey Mike, that not a "good deal", thats a "steal". I was wondering if they also have a HP-BS?

QUOTE: Originally posted by MikeV Originally posted by saltydog OH.............................MY................................GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!! mikeV with an iwata!!! . .................................................................................................................................................. sorry fellows, i fainted and just now regained my senses. thats a purchase you wont regret my friend. i love mine. I knew I would never hear the end of this. MikeV, blessed is the man who truly believe in the Iwata (convert) religion. Reply Edit Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 18, 2004 11:54 PM MikeV, Its great for you guys that you have a lot on sourcing for your airbrushing needs but in our country, we have limited stock on airbrushes BRAND and MODELS! In fact I bought my badger 155 at tower hobbies and the airfreight cost me more than the airbrush. Reply Edit Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 18, 2004 11:59 PM hey mike, what about that hp-b? if you dont like it/dont need it/like badgers more then you can sell it to me... i ALWAYS need more airbrushes Reply Edit saltydog Member since July 2003 From: Lower Alabama Posted by saltydog on Monday, April 19, 2004 6:55 AM sigman, if im not mistaken, i think tamiya airbrushes are made by iwata as well. in effect, you may have 2 iwata's. later. Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris Reply MikeV Member since April 2003 From: Hayward, CA Posted by MikeV on Monday, April 19, 2004 7:20 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by 1337 hey mike, what about that hp-b? if you dont like it/dont need it/like badgers more then you can sell it to me... i ALWAYS need more airbrushes I didn't purchase the HP-B. Someone else bought that one. Sorry. Mike “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 19, 2004 8:03 AM I'm shocked! The world's coming to an end! I guess my omni won't be the only one collecting dust. Reply Edit Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 19, 2004 8:16 AM I dont know about that one Saltydog since the Tamiya airbrush that come with my spraywork has the plastic with trigger type airbrush. Reply Edit saltydog Member since July 2003 From: Lower Alabama Posted by saltydog on Monday, April 19, 2004 12:20 PM probably not sig. Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 19, 2004 12:31 PM Welcome to the world of Iwata! Just got mine a week ago and I'll never look back from my Aztek! BTW I got my hp-cs for $85 (not on ebay), so I think we both lucked out! This is what I did with my new Iwata hp-cs... Reply Edit roosterfish Member since November 2003 From: Stockton CA USA Posted by roosterfish on Monday, April 19, 2004 3:45 PM I've just come out of shock after fainting to realize I didn't dream and MikeV will touch an Iwata. Then I slammed a cars trunk lid on my finger and because of the paint and swelling I haven't been able to type until now...,"OUCH!" OK, I really didn't say "OUCH" and I do apologize to anyone that heard what I really said. As punishment I have a very colorful Model Master Chrysler Engine Blue color fingernail. Mike, Yin & Yang, black & white. Iwata and Badgers can coexist together. My airbrushes coexist and do not fight each other. You will find out all new airbrushes are "foreign" to people at first. You might just want to keep it around and use it once in a while. Congratulations on your inexpensive Ebay find. Tell me what you think of the airbrush. Winners never quit; quitters never win. Reply lito.sf Member since March 2003 From: Portugal Posted by lito.sf on Monday, April 19, 2004 7:04 PM I guess theres only one thing left to say: IWATA RULEZZZ ! Reply MikeV Member since April 2003 From: Hayward, CA Posted by MikeV on Monday, April 19, 2004 7:11 PM I just hope it's in good useable shape when it arrives as Iwata parts like tips are outrageously expensive. It is $22 for a tip from Bear Air for the Eclipse CS. [:0] Mike “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon Reply roosterfish Member since November 2003 From: Stockton CA USA Posted by roosterfish on Monday, April 19, 2004 7:37 PM I agree, Mike. Hopefully the tip is in good shape. I had to fix a friends HP-B because he had dropped the AB on the nose without the tip protector on. He gasped when I told him how much it would be to replace the parts. So I bought the AB from him and fixed it all nice. It isn't a hideous price, about $40 for the parts, but I wouldn't want to spend that amount of money on a AB everyday. Winners never quit; quitters never win. Reply MikeV Member since April 2003 From: Hayward, CA Posted by MikeV on Monday, April 19, 2004 7:41 PM I hear people say that the Iwata tips last a long time, but for the price I could buy 6 or 7 tips for the Omni which I know will outlast that one Iwata. I have had the same tip and needle in my Vega 2000 for years. Mike “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon Reply saltydog Member since July 2003 From: Lower Alabama Posted by saltydog on Monday, April 19, 2004 8:12 PM if you ask me, thats the only real disappointment in having an iwata is the tips. they are very, very tiny!! i have thick hands and its a chore to break down the iwata and clean it and re-assemble it again. i haven't ran across a cleaning brush that will get down in the tip and clean either. i have some small brushes but they are so stiff that i'm scared i may damage the opening so i just shoot laquer thinner through at about 60 psi and i cleans it fairly well. later. Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris Reply 12 JOIN OUR COMMUNITY! Our community is FREE to join. 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