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                        Part 2 of "I HATE AIRBRUSHES!!!!"

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                        rockythegoat
                        • Member since
                          November 2004
                        • From: Central Illinois
                        Part 2 of "I HATE AIRBRUSHES!!!!"
                        Posted by rockythegoat on Friday, December 10, 2004 4:40 PM
                        After reviewing all of the excellent posts on airbrushing/airbrushes in response to my original rant of having my AB fail and throwing it into the drywall, I have purchased a Badger 155. To date, although not having used it with paint, only practicing with the airflow and water, appears to be a fine product.Smile [:)]

                        HOWEVER, if it doesn't work, I will track all of the posters down and put super glue fumes on your canopies!Big Smile [:D] (And if you are an armor guy, don't think you're safe. I'll spray everything with Glosscote. Of course, it will have to be out of a can, since the Censored [censored] AB won't be working!!!!)Laugh [(-D]

                        Hopefully this weekend I can lay some paint down and get up to speed. Got a lot of GB's to get ready for!!!!Tongue [:P]

                        Thanks to all who took the time on my original post and provided some advice!

                        "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Ben Franklin

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Friday, December 10, 2004 6:16 PM
                        I think you'll like the AB myself... although it was not I who posted any references to airbrushes in the previous thread. Indeed, it seems my nefarious evil twin got on here and did that.. (nervous look at 75% complete SBD)

                        Once you put some paint in that bad boy and play a little you'll see what I mean! And even if the painting is good, but doesn't make your toes curl, I think the clean up will be all it takes to get ya smilin and whistlin a tune.

                        Good luck and enjoy!! let us know how ya like it once you get some paint in it!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        knight667
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: Philomath, OR, USA
                        Posted by knight667 on Saturday, December 11, 2004 12:32 AM
                        I, like most people here, I'm sure, both love and hate my airbrush. At times it's the best modeling tool, and at other times it's the worst. But if you can figure it out and get some consistent results, you'll be on the right path. Best of luck with it!!
                        John "The only easy day was yesterday." - US Navy SEALs "Improvise. Adapt. Overcome." - US Marine Corp. "I live each day/Like it's my last/...I never look back" - from "I'm A Rocker" by Judas Priest
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Saturday, December 11, 2004 1:29 AM
                        If it doesn't work then the problem does not lie in the airbrush, but in the hand that is operating it. Wink [;)]

                        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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                        dtraskos
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                          March 2003
                        • From: Fowlerville, Mich
                        Posted by dtraskos on Saturday, December 11, 2004 8:05 AM
                        Mike V,
                        Amen brother. Amen
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                        rockythegoat
                        • Member since
                          November 2004
                        • From: Central Illinois
                        Success! (Well, at least once!)
                        Posted by rockythegoat on Monday, December 13, 2004 9:46 AM
                        Okay, put some paint down this weekend. After testing on an old kits, painted the hull on a resin Tow boat I'm building.

                        Excellent results!!!Smile [:)]

                        Then I used it to put a light overspray on a semi-trailer grain truck. Yet again, way cool!Thumbs Up [tup]

                        A much better AB then their 200NH. Not even sure why they would keep that one around..... I am officially a convert to the Badger 155 camp!

                        Other then the airbrush, the only thing I did different from the past, was to not use a screen on the pick-up tube. Don't know if that made much of a difference, but, there was not paint starvation.

                        So, I no longer HATE airbrushes, but, I will continue to hold them at arms reach!Big Smile [:D]

                        "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Ben Franklin

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                        maddafinga
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
                        Posted by maddafinga on Monday, December 13, 2004 1:18 PM
                        Glad it all worked out for you. The more you use it, the better you'll get at producing consistant results. You'll grow to really love it I betcha!
                        Madda Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. -- Leonardo Da Vinci Tact is for those who lack the wit for sarcasm.--maddafinga
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                        MusicCity
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by MusicCity on Monday, December 13, 2004 2:45 PM
                        QUOTE: A much better AB then their 200NH. Not even sure why they would keep that one around

                        They probably keep the 200 around because it's single action and some people prefer single action brushes. It's also cheaper than the 155.

                        Glad you are happy with your choice. They just get better and better as you use them.
                        Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 13, 2004 7:03 PM
                        woow tankmaster, tho, mike, time to celebrate!!
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                        Tankmaster7
                        • Member since
                          August 2004
                        • From: Nowhere. (Long Island)
                        Posted by Tankmaster7 on Monday, December 13, 2004 7:17 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by 1337

                        woow tankmaster, tho, mike, time to celebrate!!

                        Because we supplied another person with a quality airbrush?
                        -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.
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Monday, December 13, 2004 7:50 PM
                        congrats! I thought you would like it once you fired it up!!! There's other good airbrushes out there, but being this is the first true love airbrush for me I'm kinda sweet on it!!!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 13, 2004 7:53 PM
                        tankmaster, that and not getting ripped off Big Smile [:D]
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                        f-4phantom
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Mpls., Mn.
                        Posted by f-4phantom on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 5:23 PM
                        It would be really hard not to like the 155, but like mike v I'm partial to Badger.

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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 6:28 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by f-4phantom

                        It would be really hard not to like the 155, but like mike v I'm partial to Badger.


                        I am partial to Badger? Not me! Wink [;)] Whistling [:-^]

                        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
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 7:32 PM
                        mike hates badger so much in fact, he has 10.











                        and an iwata
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 7:58 PM
                        Now that is not true Ryan.

                        I have 9 and 1 Iwata. Wink [;)]
                        Actually my Vega 1000 and 2000 were made by Thayer & Chandler before they went out of business, so I really have just 7 Badger airbushes. Big Smile [:D]

                        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 Tuesday, December 14, 2004 8:22 PM
                        but but but they all count as badgers now.

                        and your 175 that's coming in is stiill a badger
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 10:16 PM
                        That is correct my friend. Wink [;)]

                        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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