There is logic in buying disposable items... It is the same in any hobby - you can get a lot more product for a reasonable amount more than the cheap stuff but once you get in to the ridiculously high price bracket there is a rule of diminishing returns!\ said:Well I'm a happy user of a cheapo airbrush! I remain to be convinced that a £200+ AB is sufficiently better to justify the outlay. Even if my £13 one only lasts 6 months, then 200 ÷ 13 = 15 so that's 7.5 years of using 15 lots of my one as opposed to the expensive one. As it is my current one is well into its 2nd year!
That's why I posted my idea of having " trial " or "demo " airbrushes.
Some retailers such as Little Cars do demo airbrushes at shows & give people the chance to try them. However, I'm somewhat unconvinced that a 10 minute go is sufficient.\ said:Iwata HPBS. my favourite. All rounder light and perfectly balanced. As good for large areas as it is for detail.
Patricks idea of trying airbrushes before investing is a great idea. I can understand the difficulties of doing that.
Also I wonder if some one who has not ever airbrushed will have the nous to be able to distinguish between
acceptable and not. Really in a perfect situation it needs tuition first then to try brushes ie you need to know
how to bat before buying a cricket bat preferably pro. tuition.
How you solve that is a problem. Perhaps at a show a couple of commercial concerns could be persuaded to
demonstrate their brushes and give potential customers a go at airbrushing. Best of both worlds then.
Laurie
I use the Eclipse HP-CS and I use it for the majority of my work, and it works alongside my Hi Line\ said:Iwata HPBS. my favourite. All rounder light and perfectly balanced. As good for large areas as it is for detail.
Patricks idea of trying airbrushes before investing is a great idea. I can understand the difficulties of doing that.
Also I wonder if some one who has not ever airbrushed will have the nous to be able to distinguish between
acceptable and not. Really in a perfect situation it needs tuition first then to try brushes ie you need to know
how to bat before buying a cricket bat preferably pro. tuition.
How you solve that is a problem. Perhaps at a show a couple of commercial concerns could be persuaded to
demonstrate their brushes and give potential customers a go at airbrushing. Best of both worlds then.
Laurie
Oddball! It's on now, so there you are.\ said:sorry, cant vote cos i swear by an Aztek and its not on the list
Yes have a go Vaughan. Been using Vallejo Air with an Iwata .2 at 8PSI for detail work and it has worked perfectly.\ said:I haven't tried the retarder yet so will give it a go in the future.
Use the HI Line as well, and I love it. Works like a breeze. The equivalent of the infinity, if not better, as it has the MAC valve, and you have to pay extra for it on the infinity\ said:
There you go. Now listed\ said:Bet you guys never heard what a/b I use now Olympos HP-100C. Excellent brush, rumour has it that it was the original design Iwata use now for their HP-C model.
Waiting for my order on H&S Silverline 2in1, and I can't wait to try it out and compare it with what I use now.
Cheers
Yep. I use the HP-CS. I am yet to try an evo, but have used an infinity. I use an Iwata Eclipse HP-CS and Hi Line HP-CH\ said:I use both the Iwata HP-CS and the H&S Evolution Al, both are outstanding in my humble opinion.
Ray
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