My first airbrush was the Aztek A4709 set that came in a nice wooden storage box . The airbrush body was the plastic type , which sprayed quite well . Unfortunatly I droped the airbrush , cracking the plastic inner-sleeve near where the siphon bottle connects to the airbrush . Resulting in air blowing into the siphon bottle and no paint being suck up . I was so angry with myself , I had only been using the airbrush for 18 months and paying $360.00 for the airbrush set from the hobby store in Sydney , this was an extremly exspensive stuff-up . I then check this Forum site to get the best advice on a replacement airbrush and the general consen'sus was the Badger Anthem 155 , which I ordered over the internet from Dixi-Art in New Orleans . Perhaps sometime in the near future I may buy a replacemnt Aztek airbrush [The metal body A480] since I still have all those nozzle's and accessories. Parting with the cash is the hard part , the Badger 155 is working fine , but it would be nice to have a back-up airbrush just-in case .