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What airbrush to buy?

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

What airbrush to buy?

Posted by MikeV on Monday, July 25, 2005 10:58 PM

What airbrush should I buy?
I hear that Azteks are the best.
I am new to this airbrush stuff and am confused. Tongue [:P]

Tongue [:P]

Sorry, I was a little bored and thought I would liven things up. Clown [:o)]

Clown [:o)]

Laugh [(-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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Tankmaster7

Member since
August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Monday, July 25, 2005 11:11 PM

Funky post there mike. my addled brain is very confounded seiing as it is 1200 am here. good god... Dead [xx(]

Dead [xx(]

Tongue [:P]

Question [?]

Confused [%-)]

-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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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 25, 2005 11:32 PM

Welcome back Mike!!

E

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 5:25 AM

You forgot a few Tongue [:P]

Tongue [:P]

Hi Mike. Good to see you buddy.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 7:35 AM

Thanks guys. Big Smile [:D]

Big Smile [:D]

I still haven't been doing any building, but I am sure the bug will hit me more when the summer ends.

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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Torio

Member since
December 2002
From: Cornebarrieu (near Blagnac), France

Posted by Torio on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:04 AM

Welcome to this forum, Mike. So you are new here and want to buy an airbrush. You heard of Aztek. First think to know is that there are some names that must not be pronounced ( like the name of Mrs I- don't- remember-now in "Young Frankestein" from Mel Brooks as it frightened horses ) and Aztek is one of them (oops, sorry) . The only advice I'll give to you is that one : Aztek ( again...) are made of plastic as are models, so don't be fool and don't try to spray on the airbrush with the plane in your hand as it won't work.
I must say that I owned three Azteks and liked them globally so I am allowed to make cheap humor on it ( yes sir , I have a cheap humor license )
Welcome back, chap.

Thank you all for coming José

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saltydog

Member since
July 2003
From: Lower Alabama

Posted by saltydog on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:35 PM

hi Mikey!! welcome to the forums!!LOL since when did you start "BUYING" airbrushes?!! thats a new concept for you isn't it? Smile [:)]

Smile [:)]

my advice is to go to your friendly nieghborhood Walmart, find a guy or gal in a blue vest, and i'm sure they could point you in the right direction in purchasing a quality testor's spray system. top notch equipment buddy.

i hate to say it, but i am THE airbrushing Guru around here, and you just can't go wrong with the testors spray system, and you might as well get a couple of cans of propellant. later.
Smile [:)]

Smile [:)]

Chris

The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 7:51 PM

QUOTE: i hate to say it, but i am THE airbrushing Guru around here, and you just can't go wrong with the testors spray system, and you might as well get a couple of cans of propellant. later.

Uh, huh. Listen to him because he knows of what he speaks. I've been trying for a couple of days to get him to trade in that Iwanta airbrush he's got on a couple of rattle cans. I don't think he'd have to pay much extra.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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saltydog

Member since
July 2003
From: Lower Alabama

Posted by saltydog on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:12 PM

VEEEERRY funny scott!! i'm dyin' over here!! later.

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 Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:46 PM

Hmmmm. Do none of the guys in the FineScale forums use Badger airbrushes? I've had a Crescendo 175 model (nice weighted hand-piece, double-action) for about
10 years, and I absolutely love it. At the time, it seemed to be a lot nicer than the other Badger models like the popular 150. I didn't have to pay too much for it, either (cost about $80, as I recall). I had a small compressor already that was lying around at an uncle's house, so I went to a Lowe's home center, and bought a filter/water trap/regulator unit made by Jet, and some brass fittings to adapt the different pipe/tubing sizes between the compressor outlet, the filter and the airbrush hose, and I was good to go.

I've sprayed solvent-based paints like Floquil and ScaleCoat out of it, and water-based ones like Poly S, with equally nice success.

Are these Aztecs really some quantum leap in quality above something like the Crescendo?

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:57 PM

QUOTE: ]Hmmmm. Do none of the guys in the FineScale forums use Badger airbrushes?

*ALL* I use are Badger / Thayer and Chandler brushes. I have 4 of them for some reason, but really only use two of them. Saltydog and I have been picking at each other for over a year now because he's a big Iwata fan and I like Badger. It's all in good fun.

QUOTE: Are these Aztecs really some quantum leap in quality above something like the Crescendo?

I've never used one, but I'll stick with what I have. Search this forum for the word "Aztek" and you can form your own opinion.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:57 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by mmagliaro

Hmmmm. Do none of the guys in the FineScale forums use Badger airbrushes?

That was all joking earlier.
I have 11 Badger airbrushes myself and am an art consultant of sorts for Badger. Wink [;)]

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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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:58 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by MusicCity
I've been trying for a couple of days to get him to trade in that Iwanta airbrush he's got on a couple of rattle cans. I don't think he'd have to pay much extra.

I think the spray cans would probably be a little better. Laugh [(-D]

Laugh [(-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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saltydog

Member since
July 2003
From: Lower Alabama

Posted by saltydog on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 10:53 PM

yakity yak yak guys!! some things never change around here eh?LOL ya'll just jealous. later. Wink [;)]

Wink [;)]

Chris

The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 11:55 PM

I am jealous Chris. Yeah that's it. Whistling [:-^]

Whistling [:-^]

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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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:06 AM

QUOTE: I think the spray cans would probably be a little better.

If nothing else, the spare parts would be cheaper and he'd probably get tighter lines. Wink [;)]

Wink [;)]

Sorry, Chris. Didn't mean to "Badger" you with the same old gags.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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saltydog

Member since
July 2003
From: Lower Alabama

Posted by saltydog on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:22 AM

you guys just stick with your BADgers friends. stay in the dark if you wish. bunch a mule headed folk, won't never change! later. Smile [:)]

Smile [:)]

Chris

The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris

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KINGTHAD

Member since
May 2004
From: Dallas

Posted by KINGTHAD on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:54 AM

I got your back Chris, You notice these other guys have to have 2,3,4, BADgers to do the work of our one Iwata.LOL

Thad

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Thursday, July 28, 2005 12:15 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by KINGTHAD

I got your back Chris, You notice these other guys have to have 2,3,4, BADgers to do the work of our one Iwata.LOL

It's not that we need 4 Badgers, it is just that you can buy 4 of them for the price of one of those overpriced Japanese girly airbrushes you guys use. Tongue [:P]

Tongue [:P]

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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KINGTHAD

Member since
May 2004
From: Dallas

Posted by KINGTHAD on Thursday, July 28, 2005 8:32 AM

Girls are my favorite subject so naturally I went with the girly a/b Blush [:I]

Blush [:I]

Thad

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Tankmaster7

Member since
August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:12 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by MikeV

QUOTE: Originally posted by MusicCity
I've been trying for a couple of days to get him to trade in that Iwanta airbrush he's got on a couple of rattle cans. I don't think he'd have to pay much extra.

I think the spray cans would probably be a little better.

Mike

I'm with saltydog here. I love my Iwata. Truly is better than the badger 155 i think.

Girly airbrushes? Sniff. Y'all never gonna get enlightened. Until recently I was a whole hearted supporter of badger, but that was before I got my Iwata of course. Make no mistake the 155 is one of the bets brushes around, it's just the hp-bcs is better.

Ford or Toyota? Tongue [:P]

Tongue [:P]

(I hope that doesn't offend anyone)

-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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crockett

Member since
April 2004
From: The cornfields of Ohio

Posted by crockett on Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:16 AM

Mike you devil! see what you started!

Tigers no Lions, no Bears...OH MY

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:46 AM

Badger! Badger! Badger! Badger!

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Bgrigg

Member since
May 2005
From: Left forever

Posted by Bgrigg on Thursday, July 28, 2005 3:11 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by trowlfazz

Badger! Badger! Badger! Badger!

Trowlfazz, stop "badgering" us! Big Smile [:D]

Big Smile [:D]

I now have an airbrush, Badger 150 for which I paid $0.00. Thumbs Up [tup]

Thumbs Up [tup]

I'll be investing $20 something bucks for a new needle and some bottles etc.

I had been looking at buying a new one, and had pretty well settled on the same airbrush. I looked hard at the Iwatas and can appreciate why somebody who uses them, likes them very much. But I don't think the Iwata is the best choice for a new user. Something like giving a 16yr old kid a Ferrari.

So long folks!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 28, 2005 3:31 PM

No! I'm being attacked by a furry little monster!!! Help!!

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Tankmaster7

Member since
August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Thursday, July 28, 2005 4:19 PM

Oy bgrigg, i resemble that remark! I am 15 and I use an Iwata! Not a beginner really, i have been airbrushing models for a year now but still! I love that bursh, IU can do pencil lines without any hassle at all. My hp-bcs.

OK I have a 155 anthem as well and I thoroughly evaluated the Iwata against it. No matter what the badger can do, the Iwata can do it better. Fine lines are much easier to do with the hp-bcs, and i can get a finer line than with the badger. The only thing the badger has an edge in is it can spew out more paint at full flow than the iwata.

But i guess that's what you guys expect froma "girly" airbrush. Tongue [:P]

Tongue [:P]

-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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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 28, 2005 4:24 PM

Hey! I don't hear anyone touting Thayer Chandler or DeVelbiss. Are they history?

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Balearic

Member since
May 2005

Posted by Balearic on Thursday, July 28, 2005 5:10 PM

QUOTE: First think to know is that there are some names that must not be pronounced ( like the name of Mrs I- don't- remember-now in "Young Frankestein" from Mel Brooks as it frightened horses )

You mean... Frau Blucher?? *sound of scared horses*

I've had a Badger Model 200 for years, and I'm happy with it.

Thayer and Chandler brushes are available from Badger.

http://www.badger-airbrush.com/catalog.htm

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Torio

Member since
December 2002
From: Cornebarrieu (near Blagnac), France

Posted by Torio on Thursday, July 28, 2005 6:18 PM

Thank you, chap, I did not remember the name, Frau Blücher. Let's try something :
AZTEK !!! ( sound of scared Badger and/or Iwata users ) It works!!!
In fact, I was thinking we in the Old World are very happy as we have two amazing secret weapons : Aerograph ( Sprite, Super 63, Super 93 and a new one I forgot the name, no not Frau Blücher ) and Harder & Steenbek ( Evolution, Grafo, etc...) Believe me, chaps : one day, you'll see a white light, it won't be a Near Death Experience, it will lead you to those wonderful machines . Now I will be passing in the rows with a plate and you are going to give me some money for the new church I am building ( mais qu'est-ce que j'ai, moi ? )

Thank you all for coming José

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 28, 2005 6:25 PM

Torio-ever use the old Paasche turbine airbrushes with the flat paint dish?? Quelle domage!

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