Model Forum / General / Models / September 2005

I highly recommend the Badger 200.  Treat it right and it will last you for
years.

I have a Badger Crescendo and a Badger 200G that I'm extremely happy
with.

I also have a never-been-used Badger 100-LGM package (ie dual-action,
large cup, medium tip/needle in the black plastic box) and some extra
parts (fine head assembly, fine needle, spare cup cap) that I've been
meaning to put up on ebay.  I don't really need a third airbrush so if
you're interested, I'd be willing to part with them for less than it
cost to buy them from dixieart ...

I have two Badger 200's.  I'm still using my original one - which is
over 30 years old.  Highly recommended.

I have only owned one airbrush, a Badger 150, which has served me
faultlessly for over thirty years.  If I had my time again, I would go
for a Badger 100LG,

http://www.dixieart.com/Badger100.html

as I have almost never used the large-capacity paint jars that are the
main feature of the bottom-feeding 150, and I now know that for my
modelling uses (mainly 1/72 or 1/48 aeroplanes) I will never  need more
paint per session than the integral top-feeding cup of the Badger 100
can supply; and the lack of a hanging jar or side-cup makes it easier to
get in close.

I decided that it was likely that I would only buy one airbrush, and
that I wanted the flexibility of a double-action brush.  The only way to
learn how to use double-action is to practice with it - so I needed to
start out buying a double-action brush.  If the worst came to the worst,
I could lock the trigger in place and use it single-action.

The 100/150/200 range uses mostly the same components and provided the
build standard hasn't dropped off in the intervening years, any of these
tools will serve you well and be an heirloom for your children!

Thanks for the votes of confidence guys :-)
It looks as if the Badger 200 could be the one to go for.

I've just had a thought......
I'm left handed, will this be a problem?

Thanks

Andy
-=Plane Mad=-

I think it was Paul Boyer who once wrote that airbrushes are like
ladies: someone likes blondes, someone likes brunettes or redheads...

The Badger 200 is a good airbrush, but you must "feel" it, so the one
that's good for you maybe is not good for another (and vice-versa) for
example I used a Badger 200 for years, but since I tested an Aztek I
never came back to the Badger (while someone instead dislikes that
"plastic airbrush").

If you can, the best thing would be to test some different airbrushes
before buying one.

My 0.02

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Yuri Rambelli

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