Airbrushes
Get this impressive all round airbrush that’s very easy to use at Ultimate Modelling Products
At the time of writing this double-action airbrush retails for around £89.00 from UMP and I think offers very good value for money. Take a look at the following videos to see how I got on during the test.
You get a very easy to follow instruction sheet in the presentation box that, as ever, is well worth reading 2-3 times before you start exploring and then go for it!
In this test I am using Tamiya acrylic paints and the paint is mixed about 60% paint to 40% thinner. I’ve created a custom mix of brown and white to create Hemp that I’m spraying onto the nose cone of my Revell/Hasegawa RAF Phantom FGR-2 in 1:48.
VIDEO DEMOS
As you can see the paint sprayed very smoothly and the trigger action is precise and subtle – meaning that you only need to pull back very gently on the trigger to get sufficient paint flow and a very smooth finish. You can see that I’m spraying quite close to the model – maybe 10cm/4ins?, something like that?
Here’s the finished nose cone…
The airbrush is easy to clean and I just followed the simple instructions on the instruction sheet – happy days!
Highly recommended
Geoff C.
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Richard Cowe says
It looks almost identical to my recently acquired Mig Air Cobra. The same fixed cup and almost inaccessible nozzle. The Air Cobra has a bronze/ gold rear barrel and the plastic finger guard is an accessory but the box and instructions are almost identical. Great airbrush when you get used to the different cleaning technique and defo my goto tool now.
Geoff Coughlin says
Nice one Richard – yes, to be honest I thought it would be harder to use but not so – I really enjoy using it now. Interestingly, I find it much better to try not to remove the needle and clean it with the needle in situ and it works very well. The blow-back approach does the trick. Cheers, G
Michael Brewer says
Do you have a video tutorial on airbrush cleaning? Listening to this one makes me think I could use some tutoring on this “blowback” technique. And I always seem to have to clean my needle separately, so I’d love to be able to skip that piece of afterwork. Thanks.
Geoff Coughlin says
Hi Michael
Yes, there is some help in the Techniques Bank-Model Painting and Airbrushing area: Airbrushing – looking after your airbrush.
However – a new entry will help and I am planning on creating that today for you :)…and everyone else of course!
Stay tuned…
Thanks for your comment, Geoff C.
Ian Crawford says
Nice airbrush. It’s a rebadged Badger/Thayer & Chandler ‘Omni’ brush from the late ’90’s.
Mark Burgess says
I’ve had one of these for over a year now and love it. I got it for spraying primers and other harsher paints rather than using my H&S Evolution for them. To be honest unless I’m doing fine work the Apex stays attached to the compressor all the time.
Cheers, Mark
Geoff Coughlin says
Hi Mark
Yes I love mine and it gets a hammering really and rarely needs a full deep clean – love it! GC