Air Brush best deal ?

[Airscrew]

Thanks JB.  

Yea AirBrush city is one of those I was looking at.  I think I've decided on a single action airbrush.   My biggest concern was being able to airbrush camo patterns on 1/32 and 1/48 scale.   I have read that a dual action airbrush will give a smaller spray pattern and better paint control but they are more difficult to master for a first time user.   I went to a hobby store near where I work and spoke to one of the guys there to get his views and he showed me a 1/48 Typhoon and 109 he used a single action airbrush and they looked just fine.  
I think my next step is to find a good book on using and caring for airbrushs and airbrush techniques for painting and weathering scale models. (I'm a cheap bastard so I'm trying to find one in used bookstores)

I'm still weeks away from starting any models yet.  I have 2 1/32 Bf109Es (Matchbox and Hasegawa) 1 1/32 Revell P-47D-25, 1 Monogram 1/48 Typhoon, and 1 AMT 1/48 P-36A Hawk.   All bought on Ebay last month for about $40 total .

[ChickenHawk]

Originally posted by Airscrew
I think I've decided on a single action airbrush.

I did the same thing to save on a few dollars but immediately regretted it as soon as I started using the single action airbrush.  I ended up buying a double action and so wasted the money spent on the single.

Don't be afraid of a double action.  You can always use it as a single action if you want to by holding the lever all the way back and just pushing down.

The added control and versatility of a double action is invaluable.  It does take some practice but it's not as hard as you might think.  If your serious about quality modeling, you'll never regret buying a double action airbrush IMO.

[JBA]

It dosen't take much time at all to get use to the double action, push down get air flow, slowly draw the tigger back get paint. the more you  pull back the bigger the opening becomes and the bigger the spot size you get.

[Airscrew]

Originally posted by JBA
It dosen't take much time at all to get use to the double action, push down get air flow, slowly draw the tigger back get paint. the more you  pull back the bigger the opening becomes and the bigger the spot size you get.

so you hold down the airflow and draw back on the trigger at the same time?  maintaining pressure on both?

[ChickenHawk]

Originally posted by Airscrew
so you hold down the airflow and draw back on the trigger at the same time?  maintaining pressure on both?

Yes.  Up and down controls airflow.  The harder you push the more air pressure you get.

Back and forth controls the amount of paint.  The farther back you pull, the more paint is pushed through the brush.

All it takes is a little practice.  It's intuitive and after a while you don't even have to think about it.