Airbrushkid
Needle-chuck Ninja
It is costly but you can still get a Iwata HP-AH. It’s the only one of the A’s they make for now.
What companies still make a good A cup airbrush?
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I have not given siphon airbrushes a try in a long time. A 150 was my first airbrush. I have not used it in years.
I think I will give that a try. With all the 100 series parts being compatible it is a pretty easy and quick parts swap. Plus since it is the same exact same front end and needle performance comparisons are easy. Plus it would be good to breathe some new life into it.
The original Slim Sotar would be great with its slightly larger cup. It is one of those airbrushes I am always keeping an eye out for in ebay.
I have a few from a junk lot.
Which nozzles would I need to get to have them working again?
RK Ink and Focus
Detail Decepticon!
I will keep my eyes open for the old a cup sotar. Sometimes the look of a brush can make you more inclined to use it if you cannot decide what to use.
I get the practicality of an a cup, they are slender and functional but i am not sold on the look of them.
I like a b cup they look old school shape but they look smaller now as c cup seems more standard these days. I even got the chance to get to grips with a d cup and it was definately top heavy but performed well.
The bigger ones have the advantage of being able to mess around with the shape, an a cup is hard to play with and risky adding more cup on and making it still look good.
I get the practicality of an a cup, they are slender and functional but i am not sold on the look of them.
I like a b cup they look old school shape but they look smaller now as c cup seems more standard these days. I even got the chance to get to grips with a d cup and it was definately top heavy but performed well.
The bigger ones have the advantage of being able to mess around with the shape, an a cup is hard to play with and risky adding more cup on and making it still look good.
RK Ink and Focus
Detail Decepticon!
Even the earlier sotar b cup was a smaller cup than now.
There are brushes like the olympos f1 that are sold new. Do the iwata spares drop straight in or the richpen parts?
There are brushes like the olympos f1 that are sold new. Do the iwata spares drop straight in or the richpen parts?
RK Ink and Focus
Detail Decepticon!
@Kingpin would you say the h&s is as big as your sotar slim with its micro cup? Is drastion likely to get a bigger capacity with it do you think?
Badger seems to be your best option for current line up a cup but even the sotar is ageing now. H&S is probably the next as its new in design. an old fuso build that takes modern parts is also a good option. But do they look as good as the classic look of the aerograph a cup or the F1 olympos?!
The late aerograph with straight airvalve you can get consumables for.
The F1 and F2 are new old stock from olympos website i think, not made new but i may be wrong. I am not sure what new bits fit from iwata,rich,creos etc.
Maybe a little research required. Perhaps an email to badger to see if they have an old style a cup sotar body you can build up into a brush??
Old brushes have not developed or progressed so the latest iwata a cup before they stopped production you can get or an H&S or badger look to be your "new" options.
Badger seems to be your best option for current line up a cup but even the sotar is ageing now. H&S is probably the next as its new in design. an old fuso build that takes modern parts is also a good option. But do they look as good as the classic look of the aerograph a cup or the F1 olympos?!
The late aerograph with straight airvalve you can get consumables for.
The F1 and F2 are new old stock from olympos website i think, not made new but i may be wrong. I am not sure what new bits fit from iwata,rich,creos etc.
Maybe a little research required. Perhaps an email to badger to see if they have an old style a cup sotar body you can build up into a brush??
Old brushes have not developed or progressed so the latest iwata a cup before they stopped production you can get or an H&S or badger look to be your "new" options.
I may have missed someone mentioning this but, you can still get the replacement nozzle and needle for the Iwata A brush.
I found these which may help.
And because I don't always believe what I see on the internet, I went deep digging through the Iwata parts finder and it does in fact appear that the current H2 needle and H2 nozzle will fit both models. Personally I would also get the H2 Nozzle cap (or air cap as they're sometimes called) just to ensure they all play nice together.
I found these which may help.
And because I don't always believe what I see on the internet, I went deep digging through the Iwata parts finder and it does in fact appear that the current H2 needle and H2 nozzle will fit both models. Personally I would also get the H2 Nozzle cap (or air cap as they're sometimes called) just to ensure they all play nice together.
Wizard_Theron
Mac-Valve Maestro!
Both the c cups have a .3 setup and the A cup has a .2 setup. You can get parts from Iwata as @JackEb has helpfully posted above or parts from Richpen for the Apollo will fit.
The Richpen part numbers are:
A cup:
29702 (#3 - Nozzle for Apollo 112A/B)
C cup:
29725 (#3 - Nozzle for Apollo 113C)
