Choosing Your First Airbrush For Scale Modeling, For Total Noobies! Airbrush & Compressor Basics 101

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Want to up your scale model game by getting your first airbrush but are totally lost as to which one to get? I got you! I break down the 4 most common types of airbrushes with an emphasis on how they work best for scale models. Learn everything you need to know to make the right decision the first time!
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00:00 Intro
00:37 The 4 Airbrushes
00:56 Single Action Syphon Feed
04:30 Double Action Syphon Feed
09:32 Double Action Gravity Feed
13:00 Pistol Grip
10:19 Compressor
18:22 Before Using Airbrush
19:00 Bonus & Deals
20:00 Outro

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@NetzHog 11 ай бұрын

can't believe this video has only received 93 thumbs up. It's obvious that a lot of thought and experience went into this video. So here's an extra thank you to @SH. Your info was much appreciated.

@StyreneModelersHaven 11 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@LightwalkerN7 Ай бұрын

Thank! Now I know where to start modeling with my son. And maybe do some other art projects after that 🌟

@StyreneModelersHaven Ай бұрын

Go for it & have fun!

@matthewjones1370 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video. I've been dragging my feet but this information makes me feel better about diving in. Thanks for the excellent video!

@StyreneModelersHaven 5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@goforitpainting Жыл бұрын

I am the first viewer. Let's see the premiere! 😎

@StyreneModelersHaven Жыл бұрын

Yes you are!

@franklewis4531 Жыл бұрын

Another excellent, informative video.

@StyreneModelersHaven Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

@kylesghost 8 ай бұрын

Thankyou, this video was a perfect primer for me on this topic and has given me a solid starting point for me to confidently go forward and look at purchasing my first setup.

@StyreneModelersHaven 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@derrellreynolds6226 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank you for sharing. 👍

@StyreneModelersHaven Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Please sub to my channel for more vids!

@davepluth8219 Жыл бұрын

It's been a minute since I have done any painting. This was a great refresher!

@StyreneModelersHaven Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Please sub to my channel. More videos coming.

@RedHeadKevin Жыл бұрын

I use a Badger 360. It's got all the advantages of most of these airbrushes. It's got a rotating front half, so it can be gravity-fed or siphon-fed. It's double-action, but you can adjust the needle to make it basically single-action. It uses the same needles, nozzles, and other parts as the Badger 155 series. In fact, my first 360 was a dealer's sample, and still marked as a 155 on the body. Badger's customer service is great, and you can send it in to basically get the airbrush refurbished almost for free.

@StyreneModelersHaven Жыл бұрын

Love my badger airbrushes. Thanks for sharing. Please sub to my channel.

@larryboyer 7 ай бұрын

Nicely done video and vary informative.

@StyreneModelersHaven 7 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@paulm3965 Жыл бұрын

Excellent report, good video very informative.

@StyreneModelersHaven Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Dizzydog214 Жыл бұрын

Informative and nicely done

@StyreneModelersHaven Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Please sub to my channel if you have not already.

@c123bthunderpig Жыл бұрын

Perfect timing, I'm just starting back into modeling and need to upgrade my old airbrushes, the new large scale kits definitely require a wider spread as well as fine detail. Thanks for the help

@StyreneModelersHaven Жыл бұрын

Glad they help!

@davidkendall1614 Жыл бұрын

Great review! While one brush can’t do it all, one can do most very well. A great single jack of all trades is the Iwata Eclipse HP-CS. With the 0.35 you can go from pretty fine lines and Luftwaffe splotch camo up to 1/48 scale base coats. The GSI Creos Mr. Hobby Pro Con Boy airbrushes are near clones to the Iwata at a cheaper price. I have 7 airbrushes from a Badger 150 to a top end H&S, but there is not much that I could not manage with only the HP-CS. At least for most scale model building.

@StyreneModelersHaven Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info!

@theblytonian3906 Жыл бұрын

Iwata's Eclipse CS is a no brainer can't go wrong choice, with the caveat of a single apparent factor. For many dipping their feet into airbrushing for the first time or yet to be committed to plastic modelling along with those on more restrictive budgets, its price is commensurate with it Iwata's brand, quality and performance. First timers will also want accessories, the most apparent being a compressor, the second an partially enclosed fan evaporative spray booth before taking into account the myriad of other smaller items. i.e. Cleaning station, additional or braided hose/s, airbrush stand, cleaning brushes. These days, CNC machining, metallurgy and QC has permitted superb airbrushes to be obtainable on a pretty tight budget so that airbrushes which in pragmatic everyday practice will perform on a par with the Eclipse CS can be had for half its price leaving a sizeable chunk of change to go towards that compressor. e.g. Sparmax Max-3 or its Tamiya OEM clone which can't be beaten on balance considering all factors. Alternatively the Sparmax SP-35 too is superb option, although personally I dislike the minuscule 2cc size of the latter's paint cup for which reason if I wanted a larger nozzle than the .03, I'd choose the Max-4 over it.

@RedHeadKevin Жыл бұрын

Another good tip is to power your airbrush with a CO2 tank, like bars use to pressurize the soda guns. It's a dry gas, so you never get condensation in the line, and it's completely silent. You need to get a regulator, which can be as expensive as you want it to be. I got my first tank at a local flea market, which made it really cheap. When you go to get it filled, they typically trade it out for a new tank anyway, so you can get away with a cheap used one as the initial investment. A refill costs about $30 or $40. Plus, you can get an attachment to make your own soda!

@StyreneModelersHaven Жыл бұрын

Interesting...

@davidkendall1614 Жыл бұрын

With the water trap and filter I have never had a condensation problem. Seeing I already have a compressor, I would just as soon use my “free” air as opposed to taking out a tank to buy another gas and store it under extreme pressure in the house. But to each his own.

@JohnSmith-gm4fj Жыл бұрын

Have to say, I've been using a Grex for over a decade now and I have never looked back, best modelling investment I've ever made.

@StyreneModelersHaven Жыл бұрын

Can't go wrong with grex!

@NetzHog 11 ай бұрын

Danke!

@StyreneModelersHaven 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much😁

@devsbricks 15 күн бұрын

With your experience, do you think this would work on custom lego minifgures ?

@StyreneModelersHaven 15 күн бұрын

It will shoot paint all the same no matter what your painting so I don't see why not.

@theblytonian3906 Жыл бұрын

Airbrushes are so inexpensive today, there's no reason not to have several. The CNC tolerances and metallurgy of the super inexpensive rebadged Chinese generics made by the likes of Fengda these days has improved markedly over the past decade. The designs, copies of famous tried and true brand designs, were never in question. If not wanting to tread that path out of irrational 'brandnameitus' reassurance, alternatively Iwata, Sparmax (owned by Iwata) and Tamiya (OEM Sparmax and Iwata) or GSI Creos all offer 'beginner' airbrushes which are far and away affordable quality airbrushes poorly served by "entry level" or "beginner" misnomers. Along with Iwata, Sparmax, Tamiya, & Fengda I have several Badgers and an Omni (Thayer & Chandler). Whiilst Badger/Omni too make superb quality airbrushes which will last a lifetime., today those brands are far too expensive today outside the USA in comparison with competition due to the fact they are made in the USA and their pricing is pitched in any exchange for the usuriously hyper-overvalued USD. There are just far better VALUE buying choices today, the most obvious already mentioned above. As for a first airbrush? .03mm gravity feed double action with at least a 7cc cup would be my choice for a first and only go to.

@StyreneModelersHaven Жыл бұрын

Very thought out.