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                        airbrush question?

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        airbrush question?
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 19, 2004 7:52 PM
                        This might sound like a stupid question, but when you purchase an airbrush and it only comes with a medium needle, and you go to purchase the other sizes do you buy just the other needles or do you need a different size tip as well, I don't know too much about these things.
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                        saltydog
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Lower Alabama
                        Posted by saltydog on Saturday, June 19, 2004 8:13 PM
                        on all the airbrushes that i use yes, you need the appropriate tip to go along with it. what kind of airbrush do you have?
                        Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 19, 2004 10:41 PM
                        don't have one yet, just asking because some of the ones out there only come with either a med or fine attachment.
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Saturday, June 19, 2004 10:44 PM
                        Yes, you need to buy tips and needles together according to size.
                        That is unless you buy an airbrush that only uses one needle/tip combo.

                        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
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 19, 2004 10:56 PM
                        Just two days ago i purchased a fine paint tip assembly for my Badger 350. Yes, you do need the whole assembly, even though most of the parts look identical.

                        just out of curiosity, which airbrush do you plan on getting?
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 20, 2004 7:57 AM
                        something in the Badger line, what does all purpose nozzle/needle mean?
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                        MusicCity
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by MusicCity on Sunday, June 20, 2004 10:44 AM
                        QUOTE: something in the Badger line, what does all purpose nozzle/needle mean?

                        Some of the Badgers and Omnis have a single needle / tip combination that covers everything from fine lines to wide coverage with virtually any paint. No tips or needles to swap out. I have two Omni's (Thayer & Chandler, now manufactured by Badger) and am completely happy with them.
                        Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 20, 2004 1:00 PM
                        heres a list of single needle airbrushes or the 3 needle thing in "Badger land"

                        Badger 100- 3 needle
                        Badger 150- 3 needle
                        Badger 155- 1 needle
                        Badger 175- 3 needle
                        Badger 200- 3 needle
                        Badger 360- 1 needle

                        T&C

                        Omni 3000- 1 needle
                        Omni 4000- 1 needle
                        Omni 5000- 1 needle
                        Omni 6000- 1 needle

                        Vega 1000- 3 needle
                        Vega 2000- 3 needle
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 21, 2004 4:09 AM
                        1337, what about the Omni Matrix??
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 21, 2004 11:02 AM
                        thats essencially the badger 360
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                        sr71
                        • Member since
                          April 2004
                        Posted by sr71 on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 12:54 AM
                        hello all,
                        just a quick question. what can be used to thin Humbrol enamels so they can be airbrushed? Can laquer thinners be used?
                        regards Neil
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 11:32 AM
                        mineral spirits
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:21 PM
                        I would note recommend using lacquer thinners, as I understand it these are cellulose based. Humbrol do their own enamel thinner, but I have found all enamel thinners work just as well. On occassion when I ran out of enamel thinners I used common white spirit and it worked ok.

                        Dave.
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