A very good day to Everyone - I hope you are all doing Great !!!

Hi and A very good day to everyone on the forum,

I hope you are all doing Great,

Now for the Intro -

It may sound strange, but I have not airbrush or even hold an airbrush that is hooked to a compressor for over 30+ Years.

Back in the mid 80s, I got myself a Badger Bottom Feed and also had a Badger Compressor.

It was horrible - Every few seconds the airbrush would splatter water onto the canvas.

The only thing this setup was capable of doing is to spray at Wide Angles, Large Surfaces and Fast Movements.

It has no ability to spray - Thin Lines or Smaller Surfaces ... None of any of these let alone spray at a slow pace ... There was no control .. nothing ...

Now fast forward some 30+ Years later - I have been looking back at all the issues that I have had with the Airbrush and thought I would like to get hold of some of the better Airbrushes ...

I saw a video on the Olympos

I also knew that the Iwata's are the best and most premium airbrushes that money can buy ...

This is where I am at right now ...

I would just like to buy a good airbrush to keep and hold

And to remind myself that if I had what I am holding now ... I would not have had so much issues like back then ...



Thank you very much for your time and kind help.

Kind Regards as Always.

Dr. David Bowman

Welcome from New Zealand! The Ab wold has come a long way since the '80's...

Welcome to the group.

If that was a single diaphragm compressor with no tank and no moisture trap/regulator then that explains the water spitting on the canvas. Pretty much the same as I started back in the late 70s. I painted like that for years. The in line moisture trap would fill so fast it would spit water on my shirts and mess with my art all the time.


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Welcome from Australia
I hope you enjoy your journey of rediscovery

Welcome to the forum, in the 70's & 80's things were different. In the 80's I had and still have a shop compressor with regulator and a water trap so didn't suffer with splats. Things have changed a lot since then although I miss those times. I have an Olympos and struggle every time I use it. So I end up using either my iwata HP-b or Micron sb. If I had the time and patience I could get it spraying right but I find the needle is like chocolate and bends by looking at it too hard. Depending on what you want to paint an eclipse cs could be the perfect ab. Good all rounder, bullet proof, and with practise can pull some very fine lines. Badger do some good models too but I only have the sotar which has a fine setup. Again depending on the paint can be finicky to get working properly. I'm sure someone else will jump in with suggestions but personally I would stick with either Badger or Iwata as you will have far less trouble with them and parts will be readily available unlike Olympos which again can be a bit iffy. We are here to help where ever we can. Happy airbrushing.

Lee

Hello and welcome from Canada

Welcome to the forum