Best airbrush / compressor deals ?

[andys]

Anyone got any tips for a new setup ?
I've used my tamiya spray work setup for decades, but it's finally had it, only sprays splurges and thick lines these days !

I've looked on bay and everything airbrush.com, but I have no idea what's good and what's not for sensible money.

[jonmiller]

Hi Andy

What sort of budget do you have to work with? What sort of paints do you plan on using? Where will you be spraying and at what times of the day/night? Do you want to use the comp for anything else? Etc.
A few questions you need to think about and providing the answers to these will help others give suitable suggestions.

Feel free to add me to msn and give me a shout with any future questions you may have.

Regards,

Jon

[andys]

Hi Jon.
Cheers for the reply, and cheers for the liquid mask I got from you this week. First time I've used the stuff properly, it worked a treat

Currently I use spray can paint, I just spray a bit into the cup on top of my tamiya spray work ! I'll only use the compressor occasionally to do my own shells in the garage, so noise isn't really an issue. I want something that wil spray a decent fine line / dual action and gravity fed. I'd like the cheapest setup going that's decent really

[jonmiller]

No problem buddy, glad to help. glad you got on well with the liquid mask also.


for a brush id recommend something like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Iwata-Revoluti...15dc55fde0709b

bigger needle/nozzle size so works better with thicker paints and pearls etc but is also capable of achieving more detail stuff also.
there are cheaper branded guns on the market but havent really tried them so can't say how good or bad they are.

compressor - something like this perhaps, wont be running all the time so will give you some peace and quite for a short time to do your ab'in plus its more or less maintenence free and if you want to do other things like paint your fence (not suggested with an airbrush ) or blow the crap off your rc then its capable of that also.

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...-compressors-2

[andys]

Hi Jon.

Many thanks for the recommendations. Looks expensive, around £200 for the lot. To be honest I was hoping to pay nearer £100, is there anything decent for that kind of money, there are airbrush and airbrush kits on bay that are cheap / all metal and look ok, also much cheaper compressors on everything airbrush.com, are they a waste of money !

[jonmiller]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AIRBRUSH-COMPR...ingSupplies_EH

then give one of the cheaper brushes a go. i wouldnt hold my breath on their quality/longevity but hey, i might be wrong!


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Thorite-Diamon...ingSupplies_EH

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/0-5mm-AIRBRUSH...ingSupplies_EH

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Double-Action-...ingSupplies_EH



might get some to try actually. might even be able to tune em up and swap some of the parts for better ones..hmm...