europe is a rip off....airbrush advice

Sorry can't help with advice on the fine brush, but for any other UK (and maybe Euro) based folks this might be useful

Thanks to the advice of another UK-based forum member (whose name escapes me) I picked up a double action airbrush from MachineMart for around £30. Might be worth thinking about if (like me) you want to try out airbrushing without shelling out for a precision-tooled branded one.

They specialise in domestic and workshop tools, this kit was buried in with all the heavy-duty sprayguns. They also sell compressors (don't know how suitable any of them would be) and safety gear.

heres a direct link to the item: http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=000510030&r=2013&g=103

thanks u96...how thin can you go with this particular machine.
any pound saving tip is valuable

A few sample strokes got a line of around 1/16" (1.5mm) with feathering at the edges.

I'm a bit of noob when it comes to airbrushes, and the double action takes some getting used to, but it seemed to produce a consistent diameter once I got my hand used to it. The manufacturer reckons on getting 1/32" so maybe with some tweaking of the needle it might be possible

Like I said in my first post, I don't expect it to be tooled to Iwata standards, but for a first airbrush it seems more than adequate to learn the principles. It's a syphon feed, using a jar or colour cup.

My friend, I live in Portugal and also had the same problem, so i went to dixie and bought from them a beautiful IWATA Eclipse bs you can dra very thin lines with it if you practice well as for the price, it was a bit more expensive than 100 $ but it was really worth it because here in Portugal no one sells IWATA and they are the best.
My advice is:
Go to dixie and buy from them, they have a wonderfull service, choose from them the airbrush you wish, sometimes is better to buy a bit more expensive but you will have a airbrush for the rest of your life...
PS: Dont forget air suply i´ts very important for good results!

My friend, I live in Portugal and also had the same problem, so i went to dixie and bought from them a beautiful IWATA Eclipse bs you can dra very thin lines with it if you practice well as for the price, it was a bit more expensive than 100 $ but it was really worth it because here in Portugal no one sells IWATA and they are the best.
My advice is:
Go to dixie and buy from them, they have a wonderfull service, choose from them the airbrush you wish, sometimes is better to buy a bit more expensive but you will have a airbrush for the rest of your life...
PS: Dont forget air suply i´ts very important for good results!