Wizard_Theron
Mac-Valve Maestro!
I bought two Iwatas as a pair for £40. I was looking for a HP-SB plus and it came bundled with a Revolution CR.
Obviously a good price but the SB came without a needle or needle cap and in fact when it turned up i found the nozzle is very flared too, it aint going to work, and new ones are expensive! Got replacements, cleaned it up, tested it out and as expected it sprays FANTASTIC. Here it is. Manufactured Nov 2021. Barely a scuff on it.
![168FEB49-0775-45ED-B54D-683F8AC6AB54.jpeg 168FEB49-0775-45ED-B54D-683F8AC6AB54.jpeg](https://airbrushforum.org/data/attachments/79/79433-1174b4b5fffca1ebd2b06a6b66fcfa0d.jpg)
I’m thinking sell the Revolution CR and that covers most of the cost including the parts on the SB. Result: keep the high end airbrush for little overall cost. Good plan.
So I cleaned the Revolution which was quite dirty, even paint as far as the valve, but the needle packing is perfect, so I don’t know what the previous owner did. Poured paint onto the trigger? Anyway, it has nothing missing and is in good condition, except some cosmetic plier damage to the nozzle cap. Manufactured Sep 2020. Tested it. And the thing is - the problem is - it spray’s absolutely wonderfully. 0.5 nozzle but you can achieve impressive thin detail with it as well as punch out loads of paint if you need to. It’s just real quality. I don’t have time or energy to actually paint much and when i do i want a quality brush and this lower end model is great.
The problem is, now I want to keep them both! (Nice problem to have of course)
![E8268720-F464-426E-8253-378CDB559802.jpeg E8268720-F464-426E-8253-378CDB559802.jpeg](https://airbrushforum.org/data/attachments/79/79434-b9ded2eddcb73894fc282066cee4a17b.jpg)
Obviously a good price but the SB came without a needle or needle cap and in fact when it turned up i found the nozzle is very flared too, it aint going to work, and new ones are expensive! Got replacements, cleaned it up, tested it out and as expected it sprays FANTASTIC. Here it is. Manufactured Nov 2021. Barely a scuff on it.
![168FEB49-0775-45ED-B54D-683F8AC6AB54.jpeg 168FEB49-0775-45ED-B54D-683F8AC6AB54.jpeg](https://airbrushforum.org/data/attachments/79/79433-1174b4b5fffca1ebd2b06a6b66fcfa0d.jpg)
I’m thinking sell the Revolution CR and that covers most of the cost including the parts on the SB. Result: keep the high end airbrush for little overall cost. Good plan.
So I cleaned the Revolution which was quite dirty, even paint as far as the valve, but the needle packing is perfect, so I don’t know what the previous owner did. Poured paint onto the trigger? Anyway, it has nothing missing and is in good condition, except some cosmetic plier damage to the nozzle cap. Manufactured Sep 2020. Tested it. And the thing is - the problem is - it spray’s absolutely wonderfully. 0.5 nozzle but you can achieve impressive thin detail with it as well as punch out loads of paint if you need to. It’s just real quality. I don’t have time or energy to actually paint much and when i do i want a quality brush and this lower end model is great.
The problem is, now I want to keep them both! (Nice problem to have of course)
![E8268720-F464-426E-8253-378CDB559802.jpeg E8268720-F464-426E-8253-378CDB559802.jpeg](https://airbrushforum.org/data/attachments/79/79434-b9ded2eddcb73894fc282066cee4a17b.jpg)