Which airbrush do you use?

Which Airbrush Do You Use?


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your opinion bud and i respect that.. anywho, i had a bad experience with quick-release coupler w/ valve ? i ordered one and it was leaking:sus:, they send me another one and it's still leaking:mad:... so i just requested for a plain quick-release...:ninja: so that's why I had the CH..;)
that's fair enough, we all get on better with different things, otherwise they would only make one type of everything.
I had 3 Iwata external MAC valves (not quick connect) and the range of regulation was crap, I bought a GREX mac quick connect and its brilliant.
 
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I sold my Badgers & went all Iwata.
Well, I couldn't bring myself to get rid of one Badger 150.

Left/top: HP-C Classic (.3)

Left/center: HP-C Classic (poor man's Micron, .2 needle, .2 nozzle, Olypos handle)

Left/bottom: HP-CH Hi-line (.3)

Center row: HP-CS Eclipses (.35)

Right/top: Badger 150 (multiple tips/needles, counterbalanced handle, one-piece Renegade needle tube/rocker)

Right/center & bottom: HP-BCS Eclipses (.5)

If you notice, there is room near the bottom for a Custom Micron. My birthday is in September. Just saying.
 
I haven't done much since the mid nineties & am just getting re-started. I still have my old Aerograph Super 63, Sprite, Paasche VL & a Iwata HP-C Plus which I bought in Thailand. I do like the look of the Badger Krome & DAGR.
 
My first was a either a Aztek or Iwata HP-C sold the Aztek due to clogged needles I mean they are plastic...
The HP-C would clog pretty easy also no matter what I did. I switched to a Paasche Talon which I own x4 of them.
Most recently go a Paasche Raptor that is a nice brush plus it uses the same needles as nozzles as a Talon which I had backups of.
I wrote the possibility of Paasche having a low profile high end brush a few months before it was released and they delivered.
Talon is just as good though if you don't mind the large color cup.

I also own two renegade velocities which I don't use much cause they seem to clog easier with my cheap paints. I also have a Paasche H for stippling which it works great for that.
 
I currently have 10 with an HP-TH on the way. I bought the Paasche Talon with the fan tip to see if I liked the fan action & I did. So I picked up a TH and will sell off the Paasche (used once) to keep everything Iwata. I do custom diecast, Hot Wheels size.

Currently I have:
Custom Micron CM-Bv.2
Hi-Line HP-BH
Hi-Line HP-CH
Kustom CS
Eclipse HP-CS (x3)
Eclipse HP-BCS (x2)
Paasche Talon
Kustom HP-TH on the way

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My first airbrush was a Badger Cresendo C-175. It was a good ab with multiple needles and head assemblies and I still hold on to it for sentimental purposes ( with the occasional use for larger areas). I then picked up a Neo for Iwata CN a couple years later. I liked the detail that it could be produced, but didn't like the soft material used for the fluid nozzle tip ( The taper in the cup I didn't fancy as well). I then did some research and looked for something in my price range that could produce detailed work. After a bit of thought I purchased an Iwata Hi-line CH and converted it to a .20mm needle and head assembly. I couldn't be happier with the results I have been getting. My last purchase (to date) has been the Eclipse HP-BCS, which had been a great ab for doing larger areas.
 
My airbrushing existence consists of two very different parts - the beginning was in @1985-86, lasted for 3 or 4 years, and then there was a 26 year break. I decided to start painting again in the winter of 2015, and purchased my first new airbrush in beginning of 2016.

When I first started, I was working in an art dept. for a company that would give us bonuses based on the sales of the designs we produced. I received a nice fat, bonus check, and headed right for the art supply store. On a complete whim, I decided to buy an airbrush to learn how to use. That was a Paasche V side feed brush, a small Paasche diaphragm compressor, and a set of Doc Marten's concentrated watercolor colors. I used the brush that first day with some decent results. The next day I went to try it again, and could not get the brush to spray a bit of paint. I called Paasche, and all they could tell me was that the brush must be dirty... I tried all day to get that thing to work like it did on day 1, but by days end I was back in the art store, and purchased a Badger 100 side feed. Never touched the Paasche again... Within a few weeks I purchased an Olympos MP-200b Micron in a fitted case, with spare head assembly, and needle that had come from Japan as a special order item. The owner of the art supply store had ordered it for someone that gave a deposit, but never did return to purchase the brush. He gave it to me for the difference between the deposit and the wholesale cost ;-) I spent a few years painting a ton, and learning what I could as fast as I could. I purchased just about all of the Badger 100 series brushes, all the Iwata HP series brushes, a Thayer Chandler, and a complete Aztek brush set. I then had a family, and life changed, so all of the airbrush stuff went away...

Skip ahead about 26 years, and I have spent a career working with computer graphics, raised a family, and gotten old ;-) I am now a full time caregiver for my wife who became disabled. I decided to take up painting again in the winter of 2015, and asked my wife for a set of acrylic paints for the Holidays. Once I started, I struggled to get the look I was after, and thought that an airbrush would help ;-) In January of 2016 I purchased a Paasche Talon set. Then a Badger Sotar to replace one I had picked up somewhere over the last 20 years that needed rebuild... then I just had to replace that Olympos MP200B that was my first true love, then an Iwata Micorn to compare it to; a Harder and Steenbeck CR+ 2 in 1 was a good experimental piece to try - a year later and I have @ 30 brushes ;-) They range from top shelf, to bottom drawer - but are all brushes I will use, or I do not keep them.
 
Lets see how my collection have grown from what I had.



1x Badger 150 is in use for artist varnishes. Other one in pieces. Not interested in getting it up and running.
1x HP-CS still going strong.
1x CM-SBS the best of the best.
1x HP-C 50th anniversary edition. In drawer and will never use.
1x HP-B bought second hand. Works great but I hate cleaning it.
1x H&S Infinity CR+ in drawer. Too pretty to use.
1x H&S Evolution CR+. Gets a lot of use.

What the next one will be I have no idea. Maybe Olympos.

So some more items has arrived.
2x Olympos HP-100SB. One is for spares and the other already needs a new needle.
1x HP-BCS. I did plan for this one to replace my Badger 150 but it is too nice. The Badger can continue doing the varnishing.
 
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I tried to downsize. Now I only own brushes I actually use. It was fun to try other brushes, but I think my AAD has come to an end. I ended up with this:

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I currently have 10 with an HP-TH on the way. I bought the Paasche Talon with the fan tip to see if I liked the fan action & I did. So I picked up a TH and will sell off the Paasche (used once) to keep everything Iwata. I do custom diecast, Hot Wheels size.

Currently I have:
Custom Micron CM-Bv.2
Hi-Line HP-BH
Hi-Line HP-CH
Kustom CS
Eclipse HP-CS (x3)
Eclipse HP-BCS (x2)
Paasche Talon
Kustom HP-TH on the way

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What a beautiful chest to keep your airbrush in is it self made?
And what material is the foam where you store your airbrushes?
grts,
Patrick
 
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Hey Patrick, that's a "machinist" chest. I happen to use one also because they have so many small drawers. Most of them are wooden but I've seen metal ones too.
 
I have used them all from Passche , Badger Cressendo 175, 150 Iwata Micron side feed but my work horse has been Vega 2000 for the past 15 years.
 
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