Airbrush Suggestions?

[dexeh]

How about it? Any good suggestions? I was thinking about getting one of those double action Aztek's - Good/Bad?

Dexeh

[HauntedMyst]

When I was looking for mine, every one in every LHS I visited showed me the Badgers, the Passche’s, the Iwata’s and the Testors ranging from $35.00 to $100 plus. Without exception, everyone said the Testors was the easiest to clean and change colors on. I wanted to paint not spend time cleaning and changing airbrushes so I bought the Testors A4709. It's their top of the line airbrush and comes with a range of nozzles. It’s extremely versatile, produces excellent results and is as (relatively) easy to clean and change colors with as their cheaper brushes. This set comes with a range of tips and paint cups for almost every application.
For one of my back up airbrush, I use an Aztek A3205. It's single action, but simulates dual action and I like it a lot. It's super easy to clean and change colors with. The different nozzles give you different spray patterns in addition to being able to make brush adjustments. It runs about $50.00 in stores and is a more then adequate airbrush to use with R/C Cars. Eventually, you'll want multiple brushes, but this is an excellent one to start off with. In fact, for $10 more, Testors sells this kit with a bottle of compressed air so you can airbrush right away. Beyond that first bottle, I do not recommend using canned air at all and I will explain why shortly. The only down side that I can find to the Testors system is that it is expensive in the long run if you are a careless worker. Because of the molded needles they use, it’s easy for the needles to become clogged. Simply said, I recommend Testors because it’s what I’ve used. You need to be meticulous about cleaning your airbrush and needles at the end of a session. I found this out the hard way with I managed to clog an entire set of needles because I cleaned up to fast.

[Quietfly]

i like the iwata eclipse line, they are inexpensive but produce excellent results.



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[DamianD]

I also have a Testors 4709 and it works great for me. I also had problems at the beginning because I did not pay much attention to the cleaning of the nozzles after working, so they became clogged; but I was able to completely disassemble each nozzle and clean them, and they work fine now.

[BobHastings]

I started with an Aztec 320; bumped up to a 470 and now use the Iwata HP-C, HP-A Micron and HP-SA.

[dexeh]

I went ahead and orderd the Aztek double action. Thanks for the replys.

[mavrick0611]

good choice. I own a aztek, and my only complaint is cleaning brush and the nozzles is a witch.

[rc-dude]

I own a shop air compressor that pumps up to 120psi, would there be an adapter that could regulate psi so that I could hook up a air brush?

[nemesis2u]

RC-Dude, Head over to Sears... they have a good quality regulator and moisture trap that sells for about $50.