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Hi all,

I recently started getting back into painting, and was looking to get an airbrush. Ever cautious, I was looking for something on the cheap side and will upgrade if I keep at it. I've seen a few cheaper compressors and models in these forums, just wondering if this would suffice - just note that I'm not expecting to win awards (yet ). Here is the link

It is roughly $140 US dollars for an airbrush and compressor, most of these cheaper items seem to be for nail painting - or something.

Anyway, any advice would be great. Particularly from people who have (or had) similarly priced items.

Sleeper

thats pretty much what i got and i have been very happy with it, i recently went the extra mile and upgarded the brush to a H&S evolution, the compressor is still going strong and i have the old airbrush as a backup.

Looks good, thats pretty much the average AS186 compressor, does the job just fine. The airbrush, is likely hit/miss, might be great, might have trouble. For the price, no complaints. Nice bundle of accessories too.

I wouldnt be too suprised if the airbrush turns out to have some sort of problem, a lot fo the cheaper made ones have hit and miss operations; a few are great dont get me wrong. but theyre cheap enough to just get another anyways. Once comfortable looking after it I'd suggest springing for somehting better, like perhaps the H&S Evolution already mentioned (Im a very happy owner of an evolution sivlerline 0.2mm)