badger 350

I've used nothing but a badger 350 for the past couple of years. It has been great for basecoating and fairly broad camo. The atomization is a little coarse but this usually gets covered up by weathering. I need to do some finer camo now so I have bought an Iwata Revoloution CR double action internal mix. I still use the badger for broad painting as it is really easy to use, break down, and clean (i.e. about 2 minutes).

If I had more experience when shopping for airbrushes, I would likely have saved some cash by skipping the badger and picking up the Iwata in the first place.

Jim

I'd recommend that you lean more towards an internal mix airbrush. The external mix brushes create a more coarse pattern than internal mix. My personal choice would always be a double-action as opposed to a single action as well. Gravity feed, siphon feed, it's a toss up in my book. I have both and they both have pluses and minuses.

thanks guys for the input, looks like the 350 is the one i am going to get. Of course, i will also get the different tips for it as well :)

Man!, that BF-109 looks real...nice photo Jay!

QUOTE: Originally posted by stuka_69 I've got a 350 and it is surprisingly good on 1/72 aircraft.

we've got similar experiences. i painted with the 350 two 1/72 Luftwaffe aircraft, and it worked great. here's an example on my 1/72 Bf 109G-6:


Overall the 350 is an awesome airbrush. for the 1/72 camos, i used the fine tip.

For doing camo, I'd lean more toward a Badger 200. It can paint fine lines, but since it is single action is still easy to use.

Originally posted by tho9900 anything smaller is stretching it a little I would think.... I've got a 350 and it is surprisingly good on 1/72 aircraft. I completed a small Bf 109G-6 and the complicated paint scheme looks awsome an din some cases better than some 1/48 paint jobs that I have seen done with double action airbrushes! I f your wanting to produce fine spray lines crank the pressure down to about 15psi and thin your paint to the ratio of about 60:40 thinner to paint this has kelped me produce excellent results with my 350 on 1/72 aircraft! Reply Edit Tankmaster7 Member since August 2004 From: Nowhere. (Long Island) Posted by Tankmaster7 on Saturday, December 4, 2004 9:04 AM How about a nice badger 155? that can do everything. seriously, fine line to 3". plus it's not too expensive. on the badger site though, there's a chart that shows how good each airbrush is for each application. "hobby" is one of them. the key is a little biased, but it transaltes to this 1=excellent 2=OK 3=don't buy this airbrush for this purpose. -Tanky Welcome to the United States of America, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, in partnership with Halliburton. Security for your constitutional rights provided by Blackwater International. Reply tho9900 Member since July 2004 From: SETX. USA Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, December 4, 2004 8:24 AM it's a good AB, I had one... it can do camo but not real fine detail... if you are doing diffuse camo on 1/48 or above you'll have no prob... anything smaller is stretching it a little I would think.... it did best for me with masking the camo pattern then spraying... ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it! Reply phule Member since October 2003 From: The Space Coast badger 350 Posted by phule on Saturday, December 4, 2004 7:41 AM what do you guys think of the badger 350, is it a good AB? i intend on using it as my primary means of painting aircraft camo patterns. thanks Reply JOIN OUR COMMUNITY! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login Register SEARCH FORUMS FREE NEWSLETTER SIGN UP By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy. FORUMS PRODUCT REVIEWS READER GALLERY HOW TO VIDEOS SHOP ABOUT US FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER SIGN UP By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy. More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy