Hi
I wandering if some Italian modellers could supply some feedback on this.
I’m trying to determine which airbrush brands are on sale in Italy?
I’m also trying to get an idea o the pricing in euros for the following brushes if they are available:
Badger 100LG
Badger 155 Anthem
Iwata ECL 4500 HP-CS.
Thanks
John
Since you go to Europe, you could consider buying either a Harder & Steenbek Evolution ( german made) or Aerograph Devilbiss Sprite, or Super 93 ( british made ) IF you can get spare parts later by mail; I have a soft spot for the Evolution Two in One which is very complete. I know I am a little out of range from Badger and Iwata, but apart from being struck by a very bad curse, an extra nozzle and head, two extra needles and a set of washers is enough to run an airbrush currently. Now if question comes to heavy repair…
Torio, thx for the response.
Some of the guys on the ARC forum also steered me in the direction of Harder & Steenbek.
They also gave me a link to an online shop that ships worldwide.
De nada, chap.
Let me search and I’ll leave some addresses here for shops in Germany, in Belgium an in UK; as for the Evolution, it has a wide enough range of nozzles/needles to fit all your needs and is very nice to use; by the way, I remember having sprayed Alclad with one of them when it was mounted in 0.15; the guy in Belgium who sold it to me ( well, one of them) said that you could even spray correctly diluted Humbrol in that configuration; to be honest, I never tried as I dont’ use enamels but he must be right; I know that some of European chaps here use it and love it; one last point : I know a couple of shops here in France, and among them, one in Paris which owner worked more than ten years in a French factory ( Fisher; it was his own brother brand ) and the guy knows a lot; but I avoid to buy as much as possible in France due to prices, as delay from Belgium, for instance, is only two days more by mail.
I’ll give some European addresses as soon as possible .
Thx again
“So here I am once more” ( Marillion for those who know)
I collected some addresses of art shops which sell airbrushes on a serious basis :
Germany
http://www.unholzer-airbrush.de
(Problem with them is that if you don’t speak German, you’re lost; I’m lost )
United Kingdom
http://airbrushes.com ( a number of things in a language I can approximately catch )
http://www.bellcreative.co.uk ( the new owners of Aerograph/Devilbiss airbrushes; very nice guys )
Italy
http://www.conradbartoli.it ( you spoke of Italy so…but I don’t know it )
Belgium
http://www.obeeliks.com ( those ones are very very nice )
Netherlands
http://airbrush.pagina.nl ( in fact, this is an hyperlink, go see it )
As for shops in Germany, a majority of them was on the Efbe site ( another German brand ) I had contacts with Efbe to have an airbrush modified ( a B I fest transformed from single to double action ) and the guys there are very kind and professional so I would tend to consider their links as serious addresses ( I regularly deal with Obeeliks )
but otherwise you can have the problem of the language barrier ( I do have )
If you want some german aibrush manufacturers addresses, let me know.
By the way, we are some Europeans here on the forum so I am sure other chaps can give you more addresses.