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Post by halifax on Nov 11, 2006 23:14:04 GMT
Hi All, I recently purchased a badger 200-3 airbrush set from my local 'Modelzone'. I haven't used it yet, but does anyone have one and how good/bad is it?
Regards
Steve.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2006 23:33:30 GMT
Steve,
Badger 200 ... excellent all purpose bottom feed brush. I've got 2, had them for ages and use them for just about everything from fine line to groundwork. Used carefully and cleaned regularly, they'll outlast you.
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Post by drewboy on Nov 12, 2006 1:02:13 GMT
Hi Steve,
I've had mine for over 24 years and it still works fine,it will spray large areas and even the mirror wave camo on Luftwaffe aircraft.Spares are readily available and in my opinion it is the best brush to learn the art with.
All the best Andy
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Post by Ian M Day on Nov 12, 2006 6:56:49 GMT
Steve
I've used a Badger 200 since starting airbrushing over 20yrs ago. It is a top piece of kit. I have only recently moved on to a Badger Anthem and only because it came free with my new compressor. I tried an Aztek twice (bought two) and the darn things won't strip down completely for cleaning. One packed up after two months. I went straight back to the trusty 200 and have never regreted it
Basically, if it's a Badger, it won't let you down.
IAN
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Post by Don Cabriolet on Nov 12, 2006 8:24:45 GMT
Steve, The Badger 200 range is the only airbrush I know of where if something breaks on a Sunday afternoon you stand a good chance of getting replacements - and at reasonable prices I've got two Badger agents within five miles of me who keep leisure store hours.
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Post by typhoon on Nov 12, 2006 12:42:44 GMT
I've had one for ages - took me about a year to pluck up courage to start using it but it is great.
I think Hobbycraft stores keep a fair amount of spares as do Hannants, so I agree they are about the best to start learning with easy enough to keep clean and repair, when required.
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Post by halifax on Nov 12, 2006 17:25:41 GMT
Thanks to everyone who replied. This has certainly given me encouragement. I will find getting the paint mix right a bit daunting but I will have to practice with plain paper and do the exercises set out in the manual. I haven't really thought about a compressor yet but hopefully I will be able to move on to a compressor soon. Re: Ian' reply.In the shop there was an Aztek airbrush with all the nozzles and different sized jars, and I thought that the airbrush looked very pretty in its wooden box and was nearly tempted to raid my piggy bank but I don't know if it really represented good value for money ( £109). On what I have read , it could have beenan expensive mistake.
Regards to all, S.
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Post by ptcruiser on Nov 13, 2006 18:17:44 GMT
On an only slightly different tack - does anyone filter their paint, and if do, what through? Does it depend on the media (enamel, acrylic etc)?
Cheers Rich
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Post by Ted Taylor on May 20, 2007 19:54:40 GMT
On an only slightly different tack - does anyone filter their paint, and if do, what through? Does it depend on the media (enamel, acrylic etc)? Cheers Rich You only need to filter the paint if used previously and has skinned, there is a Badger filter that fits on the feed tube or you can thin your paint and pour it through into a clean jar. It depends on wether you have any bits in it not what media you use cheers Ted
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Post by cirikili on May 21, 2007 9:28:39 GMT
On an only slightly different tack - does anyone filter their paint, and if do, what through? Does it depend on the media (enamel, acrylic etc)? Cheers Rich without fail, @ every airbrush application, the thinned paint is filtered........ in that i'm a pack rat as well as ocd for anything that will make modelling easier and/or smoother, i've collected over the years, a varied and rather dubious amount of screen material used exclusively for filtering paint immediately prior to airbrushing...... 99% of the screen material has been cut out from the filters used by house painters, or where i used to work from their supply of industrial screening material for the paints used on aircraft............... all of it is some sort of fiber (not metal) and it's all not quite as fine as womens nylon hosery, but fine enough to catch anything that might either clog the airbrush or inhibit a smoothe painted surface.......... i use acrylics exclusively and no matter how well made or how well mixed they are prior to use, the time it takes to filter the thinned mix is well worth catching particles that would inhibit the intended paint work..........and once you assimilate that step into your paint regiment, it really is no trouble as it becomes a major step in contributing to a smoothe paint application.............. ask yourself this.............what does it hurt to make sure.........?
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Post by The Hooded Claw on May 21, 2007 10:26:41 GMT
I used to filter everything that went into or through my Airbrush, however i recently switched to the Zero One range of paint and all i did was filter out the metallic particles in the paint!
Just proves that there is no hard and fast rule for every application.
Ian
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