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Acquired some money for new painting supplies. What sizes/brand of brushes are generally regarded as the best? Looking for a small fine detail brush, large detail brush, medium general brush, and large brush for washes or basecoating.
Also, considering buying Winsor and Newton for the two detail brushes. What sizes are the best?

I use W&N 1, 0, 00, 000

For the 000 I find vallejo retarder helpful to give me time to get the paint on the model before it dries on the brush. It's great for very fine edge highlights.

Windsor and Newton Series 7 Miniature are my favorite brushes, personally. I use a 2, a 1 and a 0 predominantly. I have a 000 as well for detail. Some people do everything with a 2, from basecoating to eyeballs, but I don't trust my brush control that much.

Alternately, Rosemary & Co series 33 brushes are excellent as well, I've found, and much cheaper. I made the mistake of buying the long-handled ones though. It's not hugely clear on the website that they are over a foot long! I poked myself in the ear with those quite a few times.

I haven't used the GW brushes personally, but they seem to be actually more expensive than the W&N ones, but don't have as good a reputation.

I also have a couple of Games & Gears double-ended brushes which were fairly cheap considering they're essentially two brushes in one, but looking at the ones in the shop they can be hit and miss in terms of getting a quality tip. I use them for basecoating, generally, and for using metallic paints. I don't use my W&N brushes with metallics, generally. I'm not sure why, but I've got it into my head that they're bad for them.

A good idea, if you haven't already got some, is to get some brush soap to keep those lovely expensive brushes in top condition as well. My collection of destroyed brushes can attest to this.

I hope this is helpful. Don't take my word as gospel though - I've only been painting for about a year and a half, so I'm sure some of the more experienced painters can give you some better advice!

I use very small brushes when I paint with oils, but I tend to use larger brushes with acrylics. Even with retarder, the acrylic paints dry too fast on a small brush. I do most of my detailing with a #1 and my very fine detailing with a #0 The trick to detailing with the larger brush is to keep a brush with a fine point. I use a good brush soap and clean my detail brushes well. I am careful not to let the paint creep up the brush towards the ferrule and I replace the brush with a new one if the bristles don't maintain a perfect, fine point. (I still can use the brush for base coating, filling in colors, basing, and applying liquid cement and thinned putty)

I found an off brand in a local art supply store that was about $6 that held a great point, but had a 15" handle for the #1 brush. I jut sawed it down to about 5" and dipped the end in a glob of thick paint to make it look intentional.