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                        Gravity feed double action airbrushes

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Gravity feed double action airbrushes
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 24, 2003 1:09 PM
                        Hi all!
                        It's great to finally find a very active forum. I am just starting out with plastic modeling (or perhaps coming back from a very long hiatus Blush [:I]) and am looking for a gravity feed, dbl action airbrush.

                        Currently, my first choice is a Badger Omni Matrix, being that it is possible to find parts for these in Singapore. Besides, after going through er... 20 odd pages of FSM airbrush forums, badger seems pretty reliable.

                        However, I'm keeping my mind open, and I'd appreciate any input about the Omni Matrix, as well as any other brushes from competiting brands. As long as they're gravity fed, dbl action Smile [:)]

                        My key usage will be on plastic models (1/24, 1/35), as well as painting 1/10 and 1/12 radio control car bodies.

                        Thanks!!!!

                        Alvin
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                        plasticmod992
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: The Hoosier State
                        Posted by plasticmod992 on Saturday, October 25, 2003 3:04 AM
                        The Iwata Revolution HP-CR is a gravity-feed double action and goes for $59.00 at www.dixieart.com. and shipping is free! It features a .5mm nozzle/ needle, excellent for detail as well as larger area/ single color subjects such as what your goals are. Don't let the price fool you, the HP-CR is of typical Iwata quality and performance. I also use the Iwata Eclipse HP-CS gravity-feed which has a smaller .35mm nozzle/neddle tip excellent at fine lines and general spraying of models and other hobby subjects. Check 'um out at the web site I mentioned and good luck with your choice!
                        Greg Williams Owner/ Manager Modern Hobbies LLC Indianapolis, IN. IPMS #44084
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 26, 2003 9:00 PM
                        Thanks man!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:20 PM
                        Cyber, I too recently purchased a gravity fed airbrush from dixie art as well. It is a Paasche VSR 90. It has three removable paint cups, comes with a medium needle and nozzle installed, but includes a fine needle and nozzle as well, and the price was $59.
                        I bought this brush to do real fine detail work with. My main brush is the new Badger
                        155 -7 Anthem. This too is a dual action brush but it is siphon fed. What I like about it most however, is the simplicity of the design: one needle and nozzle for everything. I can spray a 1/16 inch line all the way up to a 2.5 inch fan. However, when I saw the gravity fed Paasche I said, "somebody finally got it right."
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                        MikeV
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                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:08 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by CyberAsurada



                        However, I'm keeping my mind open, and I'd appreciate any input about the Omni Matrix, as well as any other brushes from competiting brands. As long as they're gravity fed, dbl action Smile [:)]



                        Alvin,

                        The Matrix is designed to be gravity or siphon feed and costs a little more than the standard gravity feed Omni's. I would go with the Omni 4000 or 5000 myself as it is the same airbrush as the Matrix internally and is cheaper.
                        The Omni 4000 may be a better bet for you since you are going to be spraying 1/10 and 1/12 scale R/C bodies which will require more paint than the Omni 5000 holds. Now that I think of it the Matrix may be the better bet as you can put a 1 oz or bigger jar in siphon feed mode for those car bodies. 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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