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                        Recomendations

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Recomendations
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 10, 2005 1:24 AM
                        Hello all. This is the first time I've posted in the airbrush forum in awhile. I'm thinking about a new airbrush and I need some advice (or rather just somebody to just tell me to go ahead and do it Big Smile [:D]Tongue [:P])

                        My Badger Crescendo and Badger 150 have served me well and will continue to be my workhorses but I need one with a litte bit finer abilities. I model mostly 1/72 everything but I'm not limited to that. Among other things, I'm mostly concerned with finer camo lines, pre-shading small panel lines, hitting small details like lamps/taillights, weathering touches, and of coarse the pinacle of airbrushing - the German style worm and splotch camo. Here are the ones I'm considering, they all have built in small gravity feed cups:

                        (1) Omni 5000G
                        (2) Badger 100G
                        (3) Badger 360
                        (4) Pasche VJR
                        (5) Iwata HP-B

                        I'm not trying to make this a poll or popularity contest. I know the Iwata rocks, but I'm really leaning strongly towards the Omni or Badger 360. Sorry such a long post. TIA for any input.



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                        abutt2
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: NW Connecticut
                        Posted by abutt2 on Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:06 AM
                        I just bought the Paache for the same reason. Am experimenting with pressures. Paache seems to reccommend higher PSIs than I'm used to. Good buy at DixieArt...2 cups, 2 needle assemblies, brush, and hose with fittings. $62.95, shipping included. Will post later on my conclusions as to pressures. Just want to say that I've learned almost all I know about airbrushing right here on the Forums. Thanks all you ABers.

                        Bud
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                        jdavidb
                        • Member since
                          August 2004
                        • From: Kennesaw, GA
                        Posted by jdavidb on Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:18 AM
                        I have #1 and #4.

                        The Paasche VJR has the smallest cup of all of those. It is excellent for one thing I've found so far... when you have to touch up tiny areas with enamel. I usually only use its no. 2 nozzle (the bigger of the two). With acrylics, there's too much tip dry going on with this airbrush. It's not a multi-duty airbrush, but it does handle tight enamel jobs that the Omni 5000 just sprays a little too big for.

                        I use the Omni 5000 for everything else. Even though it's the small cup model of the Omnis, its cup is quite deep. It goes all the way down into the body cylinder. You really can cover a lot of area if you fill that cup all the way up. It is capable of very fine lines. It's just not as easy to pinpoint what I've got to hit like the VJR does.

                        If I had the Badger 100, I'd probably be telling you that it does what both of these airbrushes are capable of. That's just my guess. I'll have one of those some day too.

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 10, 2005 10:23 AM
                        Thanks for the replies Bud and Jdavidb. It's good to hear the informative comments.

                        I always get answers here. This forum rocks ... once again Big Smile [:D]
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Thursday, February 10, 2005 8:15 PM
                        I would say the Badger 100G or LG would be capable of the finest lines out of the Badger choices and is in the same category as the Iwata HP-B.
                        The 100LG also has a cover for the color cup which the 100G does not have.
                        The Omni's are also great as is the 360, but I would opt for the Omni 5000 (I prefer the 4000) over the 360 for your needs.

                        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 Friday, February 11, 2005 6:49 PM
                        Thanks for the comments MikeV. I'm happy the Omni is getting good comments. I'll probably end up going with that one.
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