Inexpensive airbrush kits?

[Black#1]

Are there any decent inexpensive airbrush kits out there? I'm not looking to spend a fortune on my new hobby of model cars. The big gets dumped into my real cars.

[yelo]

i got a paasche VSR90 that cost me around 100.00$ canadian last year.
it's a gravity feed airbrush that come with 2 different needle size, 2 cups, a hose and a couple more accessories. so far i love it, it's good quality, never had probleme with it.

i think there's no such thing as a cheap airbrush, if it's to cheap it won't get the job done and you'll have to buy a better one.

my sugestion is if you are to buy a cheap airbrush, stick with good spray bomb paint like tamiya and maybe other... i know the tamiya ones give good result altough more expensive than some other

hope it help, yelo

[MPWR]

Starting off with the mindset that you're going to spend as little as possible on this hobby (or most others) is a great way to take alot of the fun out of it. Honestly, this is a very inexpensive hobby compared to many other things- but does require a bit of an initial outlay to get an airbrush and compressor, and a handfull of necissary tools. Other than that, you buy a few kits a year and some paints/finishing supplies- cheap! Don't skimp, you'll only make yourself miserable. If you don't want to buy an airbrush before you're sure you like building, get a can of Tamiya spray laquer for painting the body, and a few other colors for brush painting. Build a kit or two that way, you should be able to tell pretty quickly if you enjoy it. But unless you're starting out to build just one model of one car that you absolutely love and can't imagine doing another after it, it's a good bet you'll enjoy car modeling as a hobby. Let yourself do it right.

Welcome to AF, and to modeling!

[D_LaMz]

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[cyberkid]

My first AB cost me around 60$... A tamiya HG singe action AB. Excelent quality but didn't really last too long.. about 3.5 yrs and 20 or so models.
I know there are low quality Ab's that sell for less than 20 bucks... don't bother.. IF you plan to get an AB, prepare to spend at least 100$.

On the other hand, if you buy a good AB and decide that you don't want it, you should be able to sell it 2nd hand for 70~80%.

[Vric]

What is inexpensive for you ? that would help a lot to see if it worth it or not.

If you look to spend less than 40$, then go to wallmart, get the cheap kit they sell, use it and trash it later

[Black#1]

Originally Posted by Vric

What is inexpensive for you ? that would help a lot to see if it worth it or not.

If you look to spend less than 40$, then go to wallmart, get the cheap kit they sell, use it and trash it later

Under $40 sounds good

[Vric]

Originally Posted by Black#1

Under $40 sounds good

Then go to walmart and take the one that look the best for that price.

But like I and some people said before, I would keep my money instead of trashing it in that kind of plastic toy. OK Airbrush system, with compressor, start at 100$. (50$/50$) Good one start at about 130$ (60$/70$)

One thing you have to keep in mind, those kit are cheap, but propellant air cost a lot of money and don't last long (about 1 kit and a half) So after few kit, you will have spend way too much money on this cheap plastic toy. Airbrush are investment, if you don't have the money, stay with spray can (you will get better result anyway)

Like cyberkid said, used airbrush are selling at good price too, so it's rare that you will loose money. Airbrush are for real modeller that love modeling, not for newbie (even if it's sound cool, you shouldn't buy one before you are sure you want to invest in this hobby on a long run)

Good luck.

[winstona]

Walmart has one that is decent enough. It does not require the air propellant because it comes with a compressor. I bought the whole set for around $70 Canadian. Go to the following thread and read the entire post, I gave a short review of it at the end:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=488655


Winston

[tardster]

Originally Posted by D_LaMz

search.

Wow, I bet that really helped.....

Anyway if your looking for a cheap airbrush I would just go to walmart and get the one they have. It comes with a compresssor so the only thing you will need after that is the paints and its around $40.00 (or atleast here it is).

[gpz900ra7]

Hey Vric, how can you say that better results can be obtained with a spray can rather than using an airbrush? Granted I have seen some really good paint jobs by people who use rattle cans but, they usually say after they have finished painting that they will sand out the finish to obtain a smooth finish, I never use spray cans only my airbrush and I never have to sand the paint to achieve a high gloss finish. I'm not having a go at you as everybody has there own method of doing things and this is my own method so please do not take offence at my comments.

[cyberkid]

Originally Posted by gpz900ra7

Hey Vric, how can you say that better results can be obtained with a spray can rather than using an airbrush? Granted I have seen some really good paint jobs by people who use rattle cans but, they usually say after they have finished painting that they will sand out the finish to obtain a smooth finish, I never use spray cans only my airbrush and I never have to sand the paint to achieve a high gloss finish. I'm not having a go at you as everybody has there own method of doing things and this is my own method so please do not take offence at my comments.

For some reason I get better results on large areas with a rattle can too...
I guess one reason is that when you use a rattle can, the paint & solvent doesn't have time to 'air out' (meaning that solvent will evaporate if left in the open). I've noticed that even with a full 50cc mix jar, if I spray and refill then spray some more.. there is a variation in shades, thickness... so on and so forth. Another reason might be that I live in a VERY humid country, so the water in the air is effecting the paint somehow. Just some guesses, didn't really bother to look into this much.. just used what worked best

Steve

[Vric]

Originally Posted by gpz900ra7

Hey Vric, how can you say that better results can be obtained with a spray can rather than using an airbrush? Granted I have seen some really good paint jobs by people who use rattle cans but, they usually say after they have finished painting that they will sand out the finish to obtain a smooth finish,

I never polished any of my model (beside some wax) and I think I have good finish. It's just a matter to paint correctly.