WHO makes the easiest air brush to clean ,also im to cheap to spend more than $60.00 for one im not really a HEAVY model builder but i do enjoy it so any suggestions also heard that a gravity feed is the easiest to clean so keeping that in mind when makeing suggestions,also are the aztecs any good for the ocassional builder like myself and yes i do have an air compressor
Go to www.dixieart.com and you’ll find several airbrushes for around $60.
As to cleaning, all of them are relatively easy to clean. Just blow some thinner through them and you are pretty much done. Tear them down occasionally and soak the nozzle in thinner overnight to get any dried up crud out.
I go to extremes with mine. I normally tear it down completely at the end of a day’s painting. It takes about 10 minutes to tear it down, clean it, and reassemble it. But, of the two that I have my Badger 200 is easier to clean than my Omni 3000.
I don’t own an Aztek, and never have, so I can’t speak from experience. From just about everything I’ve read here, you should avoid them. Several people have reported very good luck and results with them but the majority is on the opposite end. For $60 you can get a lot more airbrush than an Aztek.
I have an Aztek and til recently was very happy. It’s a pain in the rear to clean, the tips wear out after very little use and clog easily and doesnt spray well. I am going back to Iwata. Kinda funny, when I left modelling about a decade ago the same thing was said about their brushes. What goes around comes around I suppose.
-Jeff
Iwata revolution cr/bcr
Badger 100 series
Badger 155
Paasche h/millenium/vl
Badger 175
whatever works for you