thinking air brush

[real good]

hi all ,Iam thinking of buying a paasche a -b turbine air brush ,have any of you advace or a brush that works as well.also thinking of the iwata hp-c .the brush will be used for fine work thanks for any input Jack

[BobD]

Hello!
I moved your thread out of the author questions area because that section is moderated (which means that a moderator or I have to approve each and every post made to it). This way, anyone can respond to your question.

Bob Duncan
Technical Editor

[Donna_T]

Hello Jack,
Sorry you've not had any input yet, so I'll try to remember what I found from my airbrush use. I used an airbrush quite a bit when I was doing fish, but it's been 3-4 years since I have had it out of the box! What I do remember is that the single action airbrush is easier to learn to use, but the dual action brush, while harder to learn the technique, can give a much more controlled shading look. The dual action allows you to control both the flow of air and the flow of paint--plus the needle size also controls the basic width of the flow. I have both a single action and double action, but for fish, I mostly used the single action--wasn't doing a lot of fine detail with it. My airbrushes are Paasche and I never tried any other.

Donna T

[justanick]

Hi real good! I have done quite a bit of airbrushing in the past,I used the Iwata
airbrush most of the time simply because I find it easier to use than the Paache.The Iwata is lighter and smaller in size than the other. If you are interested in learning more about airbrushing there are hundreds of websites that have useful information and there are two airbrush magazines also.It is just a question of how much to spend and how much you will use it. In my opinion, I would stay away from single action airbrushes, sure they are cheap,but can be fustrating
and not good for anything but painting the walls with. A double action airbrush is great for very fine details and overall coverage.Like anything else all it takes is practice ,practice,practice.I hope this helps.

[real good]

thank you all veary much for your input thanks folks jack

[falconer]

Real good, I have used just about every airbrush out there! I tell all of my students to buy the Badger 100SG. Extremely easy to use and keep clean. Thats the only brush I use.