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Need your opinion: best airbrush for under $100

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  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 6, 2004 12:13 PM
Gravity feed

Badger 100LG ($60)
Badger 360 (around the $100)
Omni 4000($70)
Peak c5 ($89 includes hose)

Iwata Revolution CR ($59)
Iwata Eclipse CS ($105)


Siphon feed

Badger 155 anthem ($49)
Badger 150 (ask MikeV)
Badger 175 ($53)
Badger 360 (around $100)
Omni 3000 ($65 about)
Peak x5 ($80ish)
Iwata Revolution BCR ($59)
Iwata Eclipse BCS ($75)

Paasche VL ($?)
Paasche Millenium series ($?)

other (more expensive)
Tamiya hg-sf ($129)
Iwata Hp series ($129)
Tamiya hg-trigger type ($159)
Iwata Eclipses ($105)

  • Member since
    February 2003
Posted by mass tactical on Sunday, June 6, 2004 7:58 AM
Ditto the previous post. For around $60 you can get an Iwata Revolution which will more than meet your needs.
  • Member since
    January 2004
  • From: USA
Posted by MusicCity on Sunday, June 6, 2004 6:36 AM
Go to www.dixieart.com and you will find a lot of high-quality airbrushes for under $100. Several of the Badger and all Omni brushes are under $100. Same for Paasche. The Iwatas are a little over $100.

Which one you prefer is up to you. Lots of us here are big Badger / T&C fans, but there are just as many Iwata and Paasche fans. It's really in what you get used to and what you prefer. Just keep in mind that a good paint job is about 90% painter and 10% airbrush.

I had to come back and edit this because I Forgot one important thing. Whatever airbrush you decide on , get a double-action brush. I have both a single- and double-action brush and the level of control you get with a double-action brush is well worth the difference.
Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
  • Member since
    November 2005
Need your opinion: best airbrush for under $100
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 6, 2004 6:13 AM
This question has almost certainly been asked before, but rather than pick through several hundred old posts I'd thought I'd be lazy & ask again. It's my
birthday next month & I thought that I'd finally treat myself to a good quality double
action airbrush. If possible I'd like to keep it under $100 but I'll go a little higher
for the real thing. I need something that will allow me to do, for example, those
intricate mottling patterns on the sides of Luftwaffe aircraft or a complex tri-color
camo pattern on a panzer. For the past year I've been struggling with an Aztec
P.O.S. that fights me every inch of the way & I am SICK SICK SICK of it!!! So help
me spend my birthday moolaa. What airbrush provides you with the most bang for the buck?
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