Cresendo 150 air brush

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
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Does anyone out ther have one of these, and if so how do you like it? I have never used a dbl action brush before any tips would be great.
Cheers McCaber

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McCaber,

As I said on the other post where you asked this question, just ask and we will try and help.
I have been using double-action airbrushes since 1994 so I know a little about them. [;)]
Some of the others here probably know more than I do, so ask and we will try and help.

Mike

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I will only use double action airbrushes! don’t know about the crescendo, but the other Badger airbrushes are outstanding, especially the 100 side feed with fine tip and the Anthem.

Might try a Paasche at some point. The one for fine art work with the little turbine wheel. Just think it is cool!

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Not for model paints you won’t. These are the most difficult airbrush made to get to work right.

Mike

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Is it really that hard? I have never tried it, just thought it looked cool. But was too pricey for me and still is.

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Airbrush Action magazine produces many different airbrush videos and they did one on just operating the Paasche AB turbo airbrush so I think that says volumes. [:D]

I have heard from several people that they are difficult to get working properly and I believe you have to have really thin paint like watercolors to flow through it. I would say that buying a Paasche AB turbo for model building would be equivalent to buying a $2,000 Jun-Air compressor to fill your car tires. [:D]

I would put the Sotar 20/20 at the top of the list for modelling and even it may be a bit overkill unless you are wanting to paint nose art on a 1/48 B-17 freehand. Haha

Mike

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If you are refering to the Badger Crescendo 175, I use it, and I love it. Heavy duty,
and well balanced, and comes apart easily for cleaning and maintenence.
Lee

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I learned to airbrush with a Paashe VL in an Adult Ed class, then bought a Badger Crescendo 175 on special.
I had to go through many practice sessions before I felt comfortable with it.

  • Clean it - well - many times until you get the routine down from 30 minutes to 5 or 10. Then, I started to trust its mechanical operation and came to depend on it.
  • On every session, if something isn’t right - quit! I got to sand lots of bad paint off models because I pressed on when the paint was too thick, the air feed clogged, the pressure not right, etc. All that remedial sanding time taught me to stop, put the model away, then backtrack and change things, but practice only on scrap.
  • I had to get over AMS - I tried to paint the perfect model every time. Then I realized that I should have the model prepped, but put aside, set up the airbrush and paint with twice as much paint as I would need for the model, then practice on a scrap model or plastic until I had the rythmn and the paint was flowing on the way I wanted.
    Turning each session into a time to experiment and not a timed contest final made this a hobby again, instead of a job.

The Crescendo has worked out fine. I suppose I could buy a better one, but I’d rather depend on it and have some fun at the hobby than be like my golfing buddies, who are forever buying new clubs as though the equipment were the biggest factor.

Good luck, enjoy the Crescendo and the hobby.