Good New Years Eve all,
Santa left me some gift certificates to nscalesupply.com and I feel like its time to finally buy an airbrush.
I have been looking at the Badger 175 Crescendo - Dual action internal mix brush. Does anyone have this and do you like it?
Also, what would be a good beginning air compressor? I will mostly just be weathering track and may paint a few buildings, but nothing too serious.
Thanks
Chuck
Thanks for the comments.
I think I am going to stick with the Badger as I have gift Certificates to N Scale Supply and that is what they carry.
Anyone actually have one of these brushes?
Air source?
About any compressor will do from $60 to $500+...But
Be sure to get one with a pressure regulator (and water/oil trap).
Aztek uses a 1/4" fitting. This is a standard fitting for air compressors. Other airbrushes use 1/8" I believe. So you'll need an adaptor for them.
A tank will help keep the compressor cooler. A cooler compressor will last longer. Tanks will also reduce "Pulsation".
Maintenance Free or Oiless compressors are ALL noisy no matter what they claim. They also have a shorter life span.
You can find piston type compressors with regulators/traps/tanks for abour $70 + shipping on popular auction sites. :-)
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!
Compressors-Get at least a 3 gallon.(or bigger) You WILL use it for other things and you WILL be bummed out with a 1 gallon. Can't go wrong with Craftsman.
Bigger IS better with compressors...
Loather,
How much is a Craftsman compressor?
~D
Stay away from the 300 dollar buzzers that are sold as model compressors.
I like my tanks BIG so I can feed the Big Dawg as they say.
I got a $100 compressor from Home Depot and added a water/moisture trap for another $10. Works very well. The tank could probably be bigger, but it's fine for my needs.
I have a Paasche H model air brush. It works pretty well, but for some reason, my seems to clog a lot. It's better with the #3 tip.
-Tom
DigitalGriffin wrote: Loather,How much is a Craftsman compressor? ~D
Look in the Sunday paper in the sale ads. Sears usually has an ad in there. They're not the cheapest, but they are good quality.
I have a 1 hp Campbell Hausfeld that's worked fine for a year but just started to crap out. I took it apart to fix it and it is the cheapest piece of crap inside! I doubt that I would buy another Campbell.
Thanks for the advice all!