I am in the market for another airbrush. I work on 1/35 WWII AFV's and plan on getting into 1/16 figures as well as 1/9 busts for a little variation. I already own an Iwata Kustom CS and an Iwata Hi-Line HP-CH. I need to buy a new airbrush for detail work...I am deciding between either an Iwata Kustom CM or the Iwata Micron CM-C Plus. As you can see, price is not a factor for me but I was wondering if anyone knows the difference between the two. Any other airbrush recommendations?

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I am in the market for another airbrush. I work on 1/35 WWII AFV's and plan on getting into 1/16 figures as well as 1/9 busts for a little variation. I already own an Iwata Kustom CS and an Iwata Hi-Line HP-CH. I need to buy a new airbrush for detail work...I am deciding between either an Iwata Kustom CM or the Iwata Micron CM-C Plus. As you can see, price is not a factor for me but I was wondering if anyone knows the difference between the two. Any other airbrush recommendations?

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i would say they are basically the same airbrush as far as hobby purposes are concerned.

Also keep in mind what kind of paints you use. too fine a head becomes a problem with most types of hobby paints - 0.23mm nozzles are getting pretty small for most enamel paints (be they oil or acrylic based). I kind that anything smaller than a 0.3mm head is just frustrating because they clog so often unless you are using really high grade paints with fine pigments and slower drying times.

with acrylic enamels, I can do much better fine detail work with my 0.3mm head iwata airbrush than the 0.2mm head (iwata HP) one because the latter just gives endless problems (clogs, spatters, etc). the latter shoots watercolors and gouache paints great tho...