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I first stumbled upon the works of industrial Designer Luigi Colani when I was doing research on experimental aircraft. I later found out that he is responsible for quite a few concept car designs as well as common household items such as drawer handles, ballpoint pens and even a model of Canon camera. What interests me is his attention to the forms and shapes found in nature and their application to ergonomics and aerodynamics.

Ironically, I was doing a search on modern day military aircraft art when I came across this page:

http://www.markskustompaint.com/pages/luckyseven.html

I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Colani has now created his own ergonomic airbrush, using a Harder Steenbeck model as its core functioning system. It is not cheap though: http://www.chicagoairbrushsupply.com/coloni.html

Also according to the description, the trigger can be adapted for a left-handed user, like myself.

Of course, like most of Colani's works, it looks quite unique:

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I was just wondering if anyone here who had any experience with this particular airbrush would recommend it for scale aircraft modeling?

Especially for someone who has slender fingers, how well does the ergonomic design hold up?

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No experience, but i would think that they way you hold it is better for larger art work.

the way you normaly hold an airbrush is much better for fine work, where as they way you hold that Colani one is more like a pistol grip and i would think not as easy to do fine, steady work.

Richard

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That is a matter of what you're used to. I have an Iwata Kustom Revolution TR with the trigger, and I love it for small detail work. In fact, I find it easier to control and less tiring airbrushing camouflage freehand because I have two fingers on the trigger that support eachother. I found it very tiring doing freehand camo with my Badger 100. The only problem with the trigger is getting the airbrush in tight corners (e.g. between wing and fuselage with tailplanes in the way), so you may need to angle the model differently here. The Colani airbrush seems bigger in this respect, but for doing open spaces it may be less of a problem.

Jens

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