UPDATE 15/01/2021 The airbrush I bought is back in stock at £30. Here is the link - amzn.to/2KjsxBP

I recently got one of these, with a few small differences. There’s a transparent filter in the hose close to where the air brush connects, and the connection is sort of a foam-covered “push-in” vs a threaded metal screw-on. I’ve used mine 5 times, total beginner, seems to work fine when trying to emulate techniques seen online. Only off thing is I noticed a small air leak in the hose-filter area, fixed with a bit of tape.

I can confirm this, having started from a very similar kit. It's also very good for learning from your mistakes. I lost parts, broke parts, consumed parts. Very easy to find replacements and also I didn't cry about it since it was so cheap to begin with. The weakest part about this kit is the compressor itself. If the airbrush is used for too long or it's not super clean, the compressor becomes a bit too weak to push paint through consistantly. However I had to buy a more powerful compressor for resin casting in a pressure pot, and that's already a huge upgrade.

The reason why you can use a double action brush is the following. The "compressor" is a diaphragm pump. When its on it pumps air through the airbrush. Now if you block the airflow the pump can't pump anymore so all the components get stressed alot. Sooner or later something has to give. So you might blow out the diaphragm eventually. Diaphragm pumps are quite ingenious with only one moving part they prettymuch last for ever.

I got an airbrush/compressor combo for about £100 a while back (mainly for priming and suchlike). It works fine (it has a small tank and the airbrush is pretty much the same £20 you see with all these sets) and with a bit more practice I will add a nicer airbrush next year. Looking forward to trying it on some model kits I bought (German WW2 tanks, Russian jets etc.). This vid is a good encouragement to give the nervous (as I was, to be frank) to have a go with one and realise you don't have to spend £hundreds to get going and develop a feel for using them. Very good that you bought this set to help newbies and actually demonstrated it in use. Another 'reet gud' vid.

I got one of these before seeing your review of it and I have to say I’m impressed with it. Never used an airbrush before so didn’t want to splash out. Used it numerous times now on F1 models but I find the paint really needs to be thinned. But..gives great results and a great finish.

Bought one myself several weeks ago, never used an airbrush before but found this set worked a treat. Lots of how to airbrush on the internet and found it very easy to master. Very quiet and only comes on with you press the trigger. Easy to strip down and clean, would definitely recommend to beginners.

From both portable airbrushing videos I see they are a pretty good purchase for casual painter. I will recommend them, very useful videos, thank you!

Genuinely surprised by the results you got. Thank you for taking the time to do this and sharing.

I just bought myself the very same one last week here in Argentina. I'm starting and i find it excelent for a rookie like me. Thanks a lot for the video!

Finally a review with real paint application on real figures. Others are just spraying on paper or what not. Thank you!

I've bought the same kit. I think it is amazing for the price. Only one disadvantage I've noticed. While working the compressor is moving itself due to vibrations but you can easily resolve that problem.

Bought almost an identical one from china. Been using it for 2 years, would like to upgrade at some point, but a proper compressor just takes up so much space. Only issues I've had were related to me being unable to properly thin the paints. Absolutely worth it as a beginner tool.

Thanks for this review, I've been thinking of getting back into the hobby & was looking at this type of kit to help me out.

Excellent stuff Andy. I totally agree, if you just want it for priming, base coats and Varnish, a cheap and cheerful is brilliant for us in "Environmentally challenged" areas. I have a similar one for this sort of work and it's still going strong after 2 years, so I've had my money's worth 😀

I've often thought about buying a dirt cheap airbrush purely for two uses - as an air can for use in electronics repair and maintenance, and for touching up paint on other electronics items. SO I;m glad you did this.

Thanks, you've tempted me. It's not just about saving money - this kit seems appropriate for someone who's looking for another tool, not another hobby.

I've been meaning to buy the exact same model for painting my PVC lightsaber Hilt. After watching your video, I can confidently purchase one. Thanks for an extremely helpful video !!!

I have a very, very similar airbrush to this, I'm in the US, bought from Amazon it was called The Master's Airbrush, $50 from them. Came with some cleaning brushes, but otherwise, essentially the same package. It works great. My 2nd ed. space hulk genestealers went from taking weeks to about 30 minutes for priming and basecoating 15 of them. I'm a rank beginner when it comes to airbrush use, but this was so easy and such a positive experience. These inexpensive little airbrushes are phenomenal. BlackJack Legacy, you have a new subscriber.

Thank for the quick lesson mate, I've been considering an airbrush for some time now and this was just enough to push me over that "edge".

if you can undercoat an army you've pretty much justified it for £30

i just bought this as my first airbrushkit, and by coincidence stumbled on this vid tody

Thank you for this video, I have the same one for my Gundam kits and glad I got it for beginner projects. Great video and review!

Brilliant, I nearly died when you said “the hair drier I use”.

Outstanding review. Thank you for producing. x from New Zealand.

I’m seriously thinking of buying an airbrush now - thanks for the info.

I had the same compressor, but it gave up on me after 3 months. The piston, which is a thin rubber sheet broke on me, and I was not able to replace it... But I took the pressure regulator and attached it to a fridge compressor with some zip ties, and it works like a charm! :D

I got a very similar kit off eBay just over 12 months ago for doing my custom matchbox and hotwheels cars. This is my first airbrush and for the begginer it's a great idea, after 12 months practice I'm finally getting the grasp of mixing my paints for use in the airbrush ( note I use automotive paints mostly). The results are finally what is like and this runs great for my needs, over the next year I'll be upgrading this to a tanked compressor and better airbrush set but will keep this on hand for small jobs until it dies.

Great honest review. Perfect for me as I'm just starting out. I'll be ordering one asap.

Awesome! Thank you very much for this video mate!

Took the leap based on this video, just finished mt first test coats with it. Cheers for all the advice.

I’ve had mine for a couple years now and have painted three armys with it its pretty good but super loud!

Thanks for this Andy. As someone who is a mediocre painter, this would be perfect for me for undercoating and basecoating.

Thanks for.the excellent vid. Just bought one and was going to test today!

Thank you Andy for your review. I have always hand painted my model kits but wanted to take the plunge with airbrushing. However, it can be quite daunting as where to start and spending £100+ for a first timer is expensive so £30 is not too bad at all especially as I have just bought a 1/48 Tamiya F15 - too big to hand paint ! The main tip that I noticed in the feedback comments is to continue thinning down the paint ! Thanks again and yes, I have one coming in the post ! Cheers !!

Lol @ the background music. It's good, so good i recognize it from so many rust videos.

That sounds pretty good. Im only just starting out on miniature painting but already doing quite well I think and loving it so might get one of these

Very helpful video. Thanks!

This is great, got one for Christmas from a friend. Great starter kit.

Impressed, but I did raise an eyebrow at the amount of mould lines left on the minis ;)

thanks to you, this thing is consistently sold out, so thanks for telling the world about a great product.. thanks.

I have the same model under a different name. That model is built by a generic company and sold under a bunch of different brands. I've had mine for about 3 years now and it works fairly well. The compressor runs as well as it did on the first day. The brush isn't terrible for the price.

Excellent video thank you so much. Looking to enter as a hobbyist by painting some MacFarlane Primaris Marines and every video has recommended using an airbrush. I think I'll try the starter kit 🙏🏼

Very helpful, thank you.

That looks a great bit of kit.someone like me who wants to get in to airbrushing is ideal.

Appreciate the honesty

I bought the white version, and although the airbrush is really worth the price, the compressor broke after less than 10 usages. It was not able to keep the air pressure. Maybe i was unlucky but i then returned everything and bought a better compressor. Thanks for sharing your experience which is in line with mine.

Very interesting stuff. Airbrushes are one part of the hobby I've not gotten into because it just looks so involving sometimes 😂 But lots of people are always saying to go with the expensive options so this was refreshing. I'm going to have to pull the trigger at some stage!

Thank you so much. I learned more from this than the manual that tells you nothing.

Excellent video my friend. I have never used an airbrush as I have been a bit doubtful about my likely ability! However, at this sort of price I may well go for it.

Thank you very much for the video Andy! I was thinking about picking up one as that one from aliexpress but lot of money to spend these days and without a job I had to pospone it. Maybe when I sell something I will jump to it. I'm glad the results are great with it 💪😁

I just purchased one similar, it has a moisture trap on it too.

well... I'll be buying one of these. I only want an indoor prime and maybe a zenithal, but having used airbrushes for my art in the distant past, I honestly didn't think this option would even be good enough for that. You've proved that wrong nicely, and I appreciate it. Airbrush ordered.

Great idea mate, I've had mine over a year now and between the tank and a better airbrush have probably spent about 4 times that and so far I've only used it for undercoating and zenithal highlighting.

I've never played Warhammer or even painted minis before but this inspires me to do airbrush painting anyways! 10/10

I just bought a £50 dual action airbrush for precisely what this review is about and (despite it being my first experience with an airbrush) I'm really happy with what I got and feel like it's going to massively help with priming my bloodbowl teams.

I bought a set from CDON, mine was a bit more expensive, but it had 3 different airbrushes. Also, I bought a second one, a dual-action airbrush. Use it to paint GUNDAM/GUNPLA models. Works flawless, so now I started to test it out on other stuff. I'm currently trying to paint my Casio wrist watch, trying out different colors. I managed to re-paint one panel of my PS4. Also, it is very important to clean your paintbrush after use, also when changing colors. No, I do not have tank on my compressor, but it works good.

Wow I really love the way you display your paints on the shelves. There I was thinking I need one of those fancy MDF paint stations.

Just picked up one of these bad boys! Testing tonight :)

Great video Andy, as a newbie, I bought a similar kit, different box compressor with 3 pressure settings. I takes some targeting practice as you're not contacting the target piece with a physical brush. But guestimating where to aim. I did get some wet splodges that blew surface paint over edge borders. But I Guess that's too much paint. (It was some old acrylic that had gone stodgy so I thinned with water quite a bit to get it smooth with slight gloop) Is it ok to thin acrylic with alcohol/spirit for faster evaporation drying? Overall pleased with my 1st attempt. Had better, more even coverage than brushing, so I'll practice a lot more.

Been looking into airbrushes for a while for doing weathering and detailing on scale RC accessories and such, this seems to fit the bill quite nicely actually, because I am very limited on space, so a big compressor and tank isn't an option.

yeap i have one, heaven used it to restore a complete couch with leather paint, not bad for occasional work

I used one of these as a beginner kit, but, after a few hours use, it died. I took it apart, fixed it, used it for another 20 mins and it died again. In the instructions mine had a “do not exceed 30 minutes use at a time” I found that this was due to heat build up. Even with the single action connector and “ventilation” (I put holes in the plastic casing and fitted a pc fan) the usage time got shorter and shorter. I’ve since swapped to a much larger (but still small) compressor with a small tank, pressure regulator and gauge , air dryer, and a better double action brush. Still relatively cheap gear compared to what I’ve seen but I only manage 2-3 1:60 scale Gundam models a year.

This does appear to be the answer for priming especially in the Winter months. Thanks very much Andy, I think I may dip my toe in the air brush water so to speak. :>)

Such a good vid for someone who is air brush curious :)

Just the video I needed, thanks! I was eyeballing same type of (probably all are done in the same factory in China, and rebranded) one of those is Gocheer with new 30 PSI updated compressor. Other is Master airbrush kits, they have wide variety of kits with 2-3 airbrushes ( siphon feed+ 2 gravity feed etc) Recently got into 3d printing, looking forward to paint my own character 3d prints which will eventually be around 20-30 cm. I was also wondering if I could simply use brushes to do the whole thing ( I am an art grad) or perhaps spray cans for primers, or do I need an airbrush , even a cheap one. Last thing: I am so lazy about colors changing process in airbrush, I wonder if siphon feed or side feed could be my answer? I saw they simply clean the brush with a spray of alcohol to the paint reservoir and that's it! 20 sec.. Thanks again!

Nice review mate!

I second this compressor kit. Not had a problem yet

I started with a very similar setup (Black Box Compressor, cheap airbrush), so I’m gonna leave my review. The airbrush itself works great. The trigger is a little odd for working over a period of time for the hand and something I upgraded to more of a gun style trigger early on. You would actually adjust the air flow for this airbrush by adjusting the pressure off the compressor, which without a gauge is something you’d have to estimate, and something that I had trouble with mine for reasons below. So. The Black Box. For my own (different model than the one you have), I found that it didn’t build much pressure, and when it did it never sustained it for more than a second. I would crank it up and listen for leaks, but never heard any. Which made priming a full unit of models harder to do. The advantage of a tank is that you will never have similar dips in the pressure, as the compressor/tank/regulator will maintain that. My Verdict: If you paint 1-2 models at a time and/or you’re really new to this as a hobby, this might be a good deal or good Christmas gift. If you consider yourself in the hobby, look at spending the money to upgrade to a decent compressor.

Bought it for cake decorating, trying it for the first time today, after watching this of course.

i bought it from china 2 months ago working very well , spares , full kit .

Great vid mate

Great video man.

Love this video was looking at an airbrush for priming. Cant wait to see the hand held one.

I bought one like this about 4 years ago to weather model railway locos and stock .i have done over 80 locos and 100 pieces of stock of my own plus 35 of a friends stock.i replaced the airbrush a year ago but it only needed a jet and needle so i now have 2 lol.it only cuts in when in use so not irritating in a small room .i would recomend .i still use mine and it works great .the key with any airbrush is clean it well and regularly .

thank you!! extremely helpful! I am a beginner, never used an airbrush before. so this was highly informative and helpful! I recently began redesigning Monster High dolls, so I needed an airbrush. Subscribing!!:)

WOW, thanks so much. Don't have one, but researching and your video makes the most sense. Question: Do I have to clean the brush every time I want to do a color change? Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience!

I have that one, with some small modification its very good for the money!

Got nearly the same, Always was annoyed of his Loud sound but still was enough to make the first steps into Air brushing. Since you can make Highlights of high energy weapons/ Prime / bigger Models first Coats and Energy Swords. After 1 Year and still practicte the Hobby i bought a new one around 115€ cuz of the Sound but the old one still worked fine

I’m thinking about getting this for primer and top coats only.

Bought the slightly more expensive kit after watching this video. Great review and have subscribed

I bought one of these for £40 and after 2 days the trigger fell out and the compressor was only putting out 7psi. I ended up buying a comp. with a seperate tank (£90) and a mid range airbrush (Harder and Steenbeck £75). Now getting really good results. I repaired the cheap a/brush and just use it for block painting. For more detailed work i would suggest paying that bit extra. Good vid.

Thanks

Got into 3d printing recently, curious about the spray booths. I have a 2 tier enclosure, 36" tall by 22"x22" one for the 3d printer the other I was planning to use as a resin curing chamber/spray booth with pvc plumbing set up for a decent air pump solution. The spraybooth you used in this video how effective is it at dissipating the paint smell?

Really great review video! Could you tell me the name of your sound meter app?

i brought mine for £50 of Amazon GANZTON 19B Mini Airbrush Compressor set, works perfect pretty much the same as this one ,i painted THE MASK - JIM CAREY and turned out really good for a cheap airbrush with cheap paint too.

Great video thanks. Not researched much into it yet so this came at a good time. Can you tell me what I would also need to buy in addition to this to get started in terms of setup etc? Been back in the hobby since July and already gone through 5 rattle cans (bought one Army Painter black instead of citadel once to save money and wouldn’t recommend!).

I’m trying to mix some DayGlo pigment into some yellow and white paint to paint my whole welding hood with it.

good review, thank you. I'm just getting into air brushing for plastic kits (Airfix). wondering if it will be fine with Humbrol enamels please?

I bought the exact same one last year, l've been able to get some surprisingly amazing results on model work and standard artwork. I use it quite often so its lasted a while. Great review.

Thank you so much for this review. I have since found the same one on Amazon, not the one in the affiliate link and ordered one. May I ask if Vallejo thinner can be used as a cleaner if all I plan to use is acrylic paints?

For the price it does what its meant to do but could this be used to spray for example a fine edge to camoflage a model aeroplane, many thanks.

Great video as ever. I have one of the budget ones with compressor and everything. My main problem is never using it due to faff, I like the idea of something a bit more simple...not ready to take the plunge yet though!

The compressor is not up to scratch. I got maybe 2 months out of it before it was barely able to move any air. The airbrush itself wasn't bad at all for learning though.

I want to buy an airbrush for painting my 3d printed models and figurines but I can't decide if I should buy a cheaper one to start and practice before buying a decent airbrush or just buy a really neat "starter kit" with 3 airbrush and compressor from amazon (Master Airbrush CoolRunner II Dual Fan Air Compressor) having no idea how this even work. I have no problem with expending money in a better one but I don't want to buy something to complex for my non existing skills for airbrushing. Do you think I should start with one of this first?

fantastic video, on the list for xmas along with the primer. Do I need medium for my paints (army painter mainly) or just water them down?

I been using one of these cheap airbrushes for 3 years and I didn't encounter any problems. Mine is a double action airbrush and come with that same compresor in white color and with some accessories and more needles. I was very pleased with mine but I never tried an expensive one so I couldn't compare. Some day I will buy a good one, maybe. For now I don't really need it but... What would you recommend to upgrade one of these cheap sets? Maybe first buy a good compresor and try it with my double action cheap airbrush and buy a good airbrush later? I totally recommend these cheap airbrushes for basic applications like those on the video.

i got one similar from Walmart i the bakery section i just started to use an airbrush it clogs up a lot with craft paint

Great video mate, I just bought a H&S and compressor but I'm a bit timid with it so maybe a cheap brush to learn basics on is a decent idea.

I have it too, unfortunately I dont know how to use it and it only works with 0,5 mm, with less, it needs too many water to flow ( and it doesnt paint, its like ink bath). But it does its job in 0.5.