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Right guys. I really really want to get into air brushing. Problem is I have no idea about the different ones.

What I do know is.
I want to base coat and do smaller detail.
I want a compressor not silly cans.
I don't have a fortune to spend on it.
Needs to be in the UK.

Any ideas guys as I dont want to buy one online and it turns out to be wrong.

Buy painted has a tutorial that gets you a decent airbrush setup for around 20 bucks utilizing a spare tire and ebay. you may check out his youtube channel.

getting a decent startup thats cheap and allows you to do decent work will help you when you look into getting better setups when your budget expands for it. (compressors can be really expensive unless you DIY)

I will check that out. My budget is around £100 max for everything I need.

http://www.rdgtools.co.uk/acatalog/AIRBRUSH_KITS_AND_SPARES.html

3rd item down on this page
Ref: 769080

the tanked compressor is a great buy and the brushes are pretty good, not perfect for any super fine stuff but for most other things and at the price, a bargain. This was my first purchase in an airbrush and i have since upgraded a little but was very happy with this kit.

I was looking at that on ebay earlier. So its a good set yeah? I read a couple of reviews that complained about it not fitting air brushes they owned even with adapters ect

I have not tryed it with any of the super premium airbrushes. But then thats because i would be payin more for just the bruush than i am for the full set up there. I later purchased (i think this is the model) a BD-208 from these guys. Its all metal so its weighted better in the hand and its a nice fine 0.2 (again dont quote me here, im on my phone so i cant get the links readily) thisbrush again cost less than 30 quid. When i get to my computer i will link a topic i made a few month ago about the joys of buying higher end brushes in the UK and the insane price mark ups we have nere.



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Here is a topic from feb this year, the topic title says it all "another Airbrush topic :( UK stockists and obscene prices"
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/510528.page


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also regarding the fitting, i never heard this but i also never researched it so i dont know either way sorry, i find it strange though that they would make the hose fitting so un-standarised that if it does not fit directly, there is not some hose some where that instead of being a straight A to A fitting would instead be an A to B or A to C fitting (A,B,C being random hose fittings)