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For you airbrush owners out there...got a question...

I have a Badger Renegade Krome that I purchased....gosh....6 years ago?

Works fine for the most part.

Looking at adding a 2nd airbrush.

Thinking about the Mr. Hobby/GSI Creos PS-270 0.2 Platinum.

I like the idea of a MAC valve to help with detail spraying/PSI regulation....so thinking that an inline MAC may be just as viable. *shrug*

So I am just curious...
Would this be a brush on the same level as the Krome? Touch above? I know my Krome came with the .21 and .33 needles. If I recall, I put the .21 in and never changed it (it was so long ago....lol).

I read alot of good reviews of this 270...good atomization, cone, etc...and the price is very nice.

To me, if you have one dual-action gravity feed to do fine detail work, you might not need another. However, it really depends on the type of things you do. If all you do is fairly small detail work, then you may not need another type of brush, unless it dramatically improves the end result.

i was a professional illustrator for years (long ago!) and my super fine Iwata was what I did all my detail work. but, when I needed large swathes of color I went with a single action, large Paasche - if fact, it had no needle - just used the pressure to blow atomized paint. You had to run it at around 40-45 psi.

Nowadays, I really never use my Iwata anymore, but still use big single action brushes to do large areas, base coats, priming, etc. And the best part is you can pick up a suitable single action to paint larger areas dirt cheap at any discount freight store for around $20