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A couple of suggestions
Cheap airbrushes may or may not work well. It's a roll of the dice. I own six airbrushes, and the cheapies never come near the quality of the good ones.
The best workhorse airbrush that can do practically everything is the Badger 175 Crescendo. It can cost as little as $70 from internet sites, so spending $40 on a cheapie isn't necessarily doing you much good. You'll also want to get some sort of compressor, there is a good one I've heard of at Wal Mart for about $100 that's supposedly very quiet and has an air tank too.
Another good airbrush is the Paasche VL. Both it and the Crescendo are dual-action, internal mix. These give you the most control. If you learn on this type of airbrush, and take care of it, it'll last you a lifetime.
Unless you're really dying to learn airbrushing (it's really pretty straightforward) I'd save up for a good airbrush and compressor, and use Tamiya sprays in the meantime.
When you get an airbrush, you may enjoy reading a book I wrote on the subject. It's called "How to use an Airbrush" and it will give you gobs of information and how-to's that you can use to learn/master your airbrush. The book was written specifically for model makers, from beginners through seasoned experts.
Good luck!
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