Hi guys.

I'm just curious why don't you like cheap airbrushes, what problems did you encounter when using them?
By cheap, I mean those 10-20$ creatures.
I'm using Revell's starter for what, 15 euros? and it works very well. I even manage to use it for preshading and other shadings. For camo and weathering I use double action gravity feed, but that little thingie does other major things very well.

Bye

I started off with one of these Low End burshes and it worked fine for me.
You ultimately use what you like and use what you can afford. If it does what you need it to do then you're golden!
I migrated to a higher end brush for a few reasons,
1. I wanted Double action - control over paint flow and air flow
2. I wanted one that was a bit more robust in construction
3. I wanted to be able to adjust the paint stream with different needles to do fine lines all the way up to wide areas.

I started out with the aztek airbrushs and the cheap single action external mix were ok for basic color coating, though I never got as thin a paint layer as i wanted.. moved up to the aztek double actions Mid price ranged. nothing but trouble for me..

Switched to badger 175 and loved it so much I later got a badger 360 universal to go with it and will never go back to the cheaper ones..

in airbrushs i beleive you get what you pay for.

I have a badger copy that I started out with. Great little brush, and did the trick for a few years. Then I bought an "evolution" brush, which alows me to paint finer detail, less overspray and is way easier to clean afterwards.


Have to agree with Scott here. Nothing wrong with a cheap brush, if your happy with it. It definately beats no brush at all!

AS Frank said, if you're happy with it, not a problem.

However, I, too, had one of those and it was okay for single color schemes or if I wanted to mask. I pretty quicky realilzed it wasn't doing what I wanted. I moved up to a Paasche H single action and was happy with that for many years. Nice tight feathered lines and interchangeable tips. My next two (both double actions) were bought because I got great deals on them.