Hi Everyone,
New member here who's a scale modeller and not an artist like most members on this forum.
I currently have an Olympos HP-100c, a nice airbrush for general work but now I'm looking for a finer brush to really get into small details. My natural choice would have been an Olympos MP-200B (or C), but after doing some background reading on this site there seems to be some confusion on the quality of the current supply coming from Japan.
Never the less my choices are the following:
MP-200B:
- Ideal Choice, but expensive at £255 + Import fees
MP-200C:
- Second Choice, cheaper (£150 + Import fees) but not as fine detailing and has a larger colour cup that I'm not fond of.
SP-B
- (£190 + Import fees) I have heard this sprays just as good or better as the 200B.
Iwata CM-B V2
- Expensive, £350 in the UK but supposedly better finished with harder needles.
GSI Creos/Mr Hobby PS770
- £250 in the UK, similar quality to the Iwatas
So my question is, even with the import fees the Olympos brushes appear to be better value bar the PS770. Is the supposed lack of quality actually an issue?
As an aside, I was also thinking of replacing my HP-100C with an Olympos CR45 model with the tilted paint cup. Does anyone have experience with any of these? Or can anyone recommend better atomising brush with a .3 nozzle diameter?
Many thanks
New member here who's a scale modeller and not an artist like most members on this forum.
I currently have an Olympos HP-100c, a nice airbrush for general work but now I'm looking for a finer brush to really get into small details. My natural choice would have been an Olympos MP-200B (or C), but after doing some background reading on this site there seems to be some confusion on the quality of the current supply coming from Japan.
Never the less my choices are the following:
MP-200B:
- Ideal Choice, but expensive at £255 + Import fees
MP-200C:
- Second Choice, cheaper (£150 + Import fees) but not as fine detailing and has a larger colour cup that I'm not fond of.
SP-B
- (£190 + Import fees) I have heard this sprays just as good or better as the 200B.
Iwata CM-B V2
- Expensive, £350 in the UK but supposedly better finished with harder needles.
GSI Creos/Mr Hobby PS770
- £250 in the UK, similar quality to the Iwatas
So my question is, even with the import fees the Olympos brushes appear to be better value bar the PS770. Is the supposed lack of quality actually an issue?
As an aside, I was also thinking of replacing my HP-100C with an Olympos CR45 model with the tilted paint cup. Does anyone have experience with any of these? Or can anyone recommend better atomising brush with a .3 nozzle diameter?
Many thanks