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Madbrush
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I know Don and talk with him frequently at Finescale, we just had a discussion on clipping the trigger springs. I actually posted this for further discussion on what others may find to be useful in mods, or what mistakes they may have made and wish that didn't do. Don offers some great info, although I do feel he is biased towards Badger, but that doesn't make his info less informative. I find many people have unique ways of handling their guns, and it's always fun to hear what others may be doing to make their gear more useful, or handle better.
I've been all through Don's site and to be honest I've never really noticed if he prefers Badger or not, but I could understand if he had a little soft spot for them, I've never owned a badger myself but the reviews are positive for the most part, and when we consider what they cost it's easy to understand why they are a popular choice among model makers, as well as Badgers no nonsense after sales service, had I chosen Badger before I had my iwatas I may well have stuck with them especially since parts are a lot cheaper than what I'm used to.
I had a bad experience with an H&S evolution, but that doesn't mean their brushes are bad altogether, I simply got a bad example, but the experience was bad enough for me to avoid H&S since I now have trust issues and refuse to take the chance.
Some folks here have had problems with Iwata, some with Badger and others with just about every other brand, so when they switch brands to fix the problems they had they naturally become biased since their new acquisitions outperform their old stuff making it their babies, that's why you can't get an unbiased opinion, for any of us to be able to give a decent opinion on other brands we would have to have owned them all and used them all for long periods of time to fully appreciate the differences.
As I said, because my Iwata's do what I need them to do I stick with them and see no need to change or buy anything else, so any opinions I have on brands other than the ones I've owned are purely hearsay.
You mentioned stepping over to art as an extra outlet to your modelling, if you are used to working on a work bench, you can also create art on a work bench, I mean an easel isn't compulsory by any means, I work on a home made magnetic bench easel, @AndreZA works on board resting on a table raised at an angle at the back with coffee tins, so you can just mess around to see what's comfortable for you, but I reckon you already have everything you need to create fine art, except maybe substrate and other suitable paints.