It is with a heavy heart that I am announcing that after many year of faithful service (mostly painting lexan RC bodies) my Paasche VL airbrush is being retired from front line service into a support roll. It will spend its remaining service life spraying primer, clear coats, etc.
Replacing it in frontline service will be an Iwata Eclipse HP-CS. After evaluation testing its ability to shoot a finer line and shoot at lower pressures brings it to the forefront of airbrushing (for me). It is well balanced in the hand and easy to use. Also its ease of clean up was a deciding factor.
Here is a picture of the new brush.
Here is a picture of a 1/72 scale Ki-36 which was my first attempt at using the Eclipse and also my first attempt at pre-shading. The pre-shading is very subtle, which is what I wanted for this aircraft. The Ju-88 I have in the closet may actually get built and get a squiggly paint job after I get some more experience with this airbrush. Sorry for the bad picture, my ancient Kodak Digital Camera is the next piece of equipment that gets replaced in my inventory.
