ESzczesniak Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 I was wondering if anyone had a good recommendation for a hobby type spray gun. I'm looking for something that has a coverage similar to a Tamiya rattle can. I have a number of badger and Iwata cup and gravity feed airbrushes, but the spray patterns at best get to a couple inches. It works fine for color and I've made it work for clear coats, but I'd like to find something that would be a little better for laying down a good gloss...but not crazy like an automotive gun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
P_Budzik Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 My recommendations ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6gI9ljJsdo Paul Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 (edited) I have an Iwata Kustom HP-TH. It couples a 0.5mm needle with round and fan caps giving you good coverage without the feeling that you're flooding the surface with paint, which is how I feel about rattle cans and models. I use it generally for primers, large-coverage color coats, and clearcoats. Edited November 1, 2016 by dnl42 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
galileo1 Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Or, get the Mr. Hobby Procon PS-290. It's essentially the same exact airbrush as the Iwata HP-TH but without the MAC valve and its only in the $140s or so from Amazon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
86Sabreboy1 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) If you want the best of both normal airbrush spray and "spray gun" fan spray, perhaps you might want to consider either the Grex Tritium (TG3 or TS3) pistol grip or current Genesis (XGi3 or XSi3) traditional style airbrushes with the TF-3 (.3mm fan spray) fan cap. The fan cap will work on either style of airbrush and Grex is currently the only airbrush company that makes a .3mm fan cap which is perfect for most scale models. The nice thing about the .3mm fan cap is you can progressively add layers of paint to approach opacity where as a .5mm fan cap can easily overwhelm detail with over saturation in one or two passes over the model's surface. If the TF-3 under performs (or you are working in huge scales like a 1/72 747 for example) then the TFK-5 kit is available to reconfigure the airbrush to a .5mm configuration. The kit comes with a standard airbrush nozzle cap as well as the fan cap so either type of spray is available with the .5mm configuration. Edited November 7, 2016 by 86Sabreboy1 added video Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 On 10/30/2016 at 9:03 PM, P_Budzik said: My recommendations ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6gI9ljJsdo Paul Couldn't agree more, get one of these and you won't be disappointed. This is what I'll be using to prime, paint and, apply the clear / flat coats onto my 1/18th scale Tomcat. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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