The needle bearing is Teflon, and Badger will replace it free if it ever wears out or gets damaged. Single needle/nozzle for spraying all mediums, inks, dyes, watercolors, acrylics, enamels, lacquers, glazes, latex, Air-Opaqueª, Air-Tex ®, MODELflex ® Totally Tattoo ® and Totally Tanª colors

I'm thinking about upgrading to an airbrush which is either easier to swap out needles and nozzles or which can reasonably manage detail and lay down a larger area of paint when needed. I was initially looking at the Badger 150, but I'm intrigued by the Badger 155 Anthem and the 105 Patriot. The 155 and 105 have a dual taper needle, allowing fine detailing and wider coverage. The 105 has a finer needle and nozzle than the 155, but it looks able to lay down a lot of paint when required (base coats, single colours, gloss coats, etc). Developed to deliver precise performance and fine line detail, the Patriot is an ideal airbrush for custom art, graphic arts and illustrative work. The Patriot airbrush will operate at 30 PSI, as well as lower pressure settings (10-15 PSI) and is ergonomically balanced for hours of comfortable airbrushing. If you get dry paint building up on the air cap, this will allow you to just pinch clean the tip and for fine detailing gives you a great view of the needle tip. The Patriot, Model 105, is a comfortable, reliable, cost-effective, user-friendly gravity feed airbrush, designed for use by experienced, as well as novice airbrush enthusiasts. Its two angle needle tip precisely mates with the Patriot’s cone shaped nozzle, enabling a single needle/nozzle configuration to spray a variety of materials, while eliminating the need for multiple needle/nozzle variations. It has a 1/3 ounce permanently mounted color cup with a convenient spill-proof cap.Don't spray too far away from the model either as your likely to get a rough finish where the paint is drying before it hits the model.

The revolution was a good introduction to modelling, but isn't flexible enough. As noted, the .35mm set up wasn't working for larger areas, but it will be the weekend before I can play with the various nozzles and some water or food colouring to see what coverage I can get with the standard 0.3 set up.Single needle/nozzle for spraying all mediums such as inks, dyes, watercolors, acrylics, enamels, lacquers, glazes and latex. The Patriot is a low maintenance airbrush, easy to clean and simple to operate; it will spray any properly reduced paint or airbrush-ready media. I'm thinking about upgrading from my Iwata Revolution BCR. I upgraded the airbrush with a 0.3 mm nozzle and 0.35 mm needle (the 0.3 won't fit the triple action handle). The 0.35 mm is great for detailed work, but it doesn't give great coverage for base coats (see the patchy job below). Unfortunately it's a pain to swap out needles, nozzles, and the action on the handle when I want to paint a larger area. Single needle/nozzle for spraying all mediums including inks, dyes, watercolors, properly reduced acrylics, enamels, lacquers, and airbrush-ready colors including Spectra Tex, Air-Opaque, Air-Tex, Model flex, and Totally Tattoo.

Single needle/nozzle for spraying all mediums, inks, dyes, watercolours, acrylics, enamels, laquers and latex We have a number of customers in your part of the words, so you may know someone that has one you can have a go with. Mine has a rubber pad on the trigger, which I really like. But, Badger has discontinued this feature. Paul http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234976552-iwata-triple-action-handle-issues/?fromsearch=1 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234976552-iwata-triple-action-handle-issues/?fromsearch=1

Requirements & Suggestions

It has a 0.2ml nozzle set that paints down to about 1mm for detail, the internal 0.5ml or small 2ml paint cup can be used for this. As well as a 0.4mm nozzle set and 5ml paint cup for larger areas. It also has a preset handle to set the maximum paint flow. The triple action handle was good for ease of cleaning, but it's also good for fine(ish) work, such as pre-shading panel lines by setting the amount of paint required. Single needle/nozzle for spraying all mediums, inks, dyes, watercolours, acrylics, enamels, lacquers, glazes, latex, Air-Opaqueª, Air-Tex®, MODELflex® Totally Tattoo® and Totally Tanª colours Single needle/nozzle for spraying all mediums, inks, dyes, watercolors, acrylics, enamels, lacquers, glazes, latex, Air-Opaqueª, Air-Tex®, MODELflex® Totally Tattoo® and Totally Tanª colors The Anthem is a comfortable, reliable, proficient, cost effective, user friendly airbrush. The two angle needle tip precisely mates with the Anthem’s cone shaped nozzle enabling a single needle/nozzle configuration to spray virtually any desired material, thus eliminating the need for fine, medium, or large needle/nozzle variations. The Anthem’s body design provides exacting balance and long term user comfort. The Anthem also provides flawless performance in the most rigorous of production airbrushing environments.

I mainly work in 1/72. My smallest work would be a Luftwaffe mottle on a Bf109, the largest is the Vulcan which is stashed under the bed. Generally speaking, 1/72 fighters, both props and jets. Coverage with the model you show may not be due to the airbrush itself but how your using it, you may be too close when spraying, getting wetter areas than others

Comments

The Anthem®, Model 155, is the most comfortable, reliable, proficient, cost effective, user friendly airbrush ever. The two angle needle tip precisely mates with the Anthem’s cone shaped nozzle enabling a single needle/nozzle configuration to spray virtually any desired material, thus eliminating the need for fine, medium, or large needle/nozzle variations. The Anthem’s body design provides exacting balance and long term user comfort. The Anthem® also provides flawless performance in the most rigorous of production airbrushing environments. Features I was wondering if anyone here has any any experience with either or both and what your opinions are of the airbrushes? What are they like for fine, detailed work? Do they work well enough for larger areas or do you have another go-to brush for base coats, etc. Swapping from one nozzle set to another takes about 20 seconds and you don't need any tools for this or to strip the brush down to it's component parts.