Well guys, I received my Badger 3155 Hybrid today and it looks pretty cool.
I will try it out this weekend and see what it feels like.
Mike
refresh my memory Mike… the difference between this and the 155 was the needle size and nozzle right? I remember you talking about it awhile back…
Tom,
It has the same head as the Anthem 155 but it has an Omni body and trigger and a faster taper needle so it should spray a finer line.
The needle chuck is not accessible from the handle cutout like the Anthem is and the handle must be removed to unchuck the needle.
That is because the Anthem design has a longer needle tube than the Omni.
Mike
looks pretty cool Mikey!![tup] keep us posted. later.
Does an anthem head not fit the body of an Omni if you wanted to just make such an airbrush yourself? I’ve got the Omni body… just no Anthem head to see if this works.
David,
Yes the Anthem head fits the Omni body but there are other things that are different.
The Anthem handle does not fit the Omni body and the needle with this airbrush is different also. I am trying to get some more info about it and will pass it on when I hear from Badger.
Mike
I took a couple of pictures to show some differences in the 3155 Hybrid and the Anthem 155.
In this photo the needle on top is the Anthem 155 and the bottom one is the new 3155 Hybrid. Notice how much longer and sharper the taper is on the 3155.
This is a photo of the two tips in comparison.
The top one is the Anthem 155 and the botttom is the 3155 Hybrid.
The Hybrid one has a fine tip whereas the Anthem as well as the Omni’s have the medium tip.
The spray regulator at the tip is from the Badger Crescendo and the head is the Anthem/360 model. The body is also an Anthem body but it’s part number has a “D” on the end of it so I am not sure why. The needle tube and rocker assembly, back spring, spring adjuster and needle chuck are all from the Omni/Vega models. So yes, you could make one but you would need to buy three airbrushes to do it. [(-D]
Mike
Looks interesting Mike. Let us know how well it sprays.
Regards, Rick
Badger makes the overall best and dependable brushes and I’ve owned Iwata, Thayer, Paasche and Deveelbis (SP?). I have 2 Badgers and an Iwata right now.
Dan
PS-Does anyone remember those “turbine” airbrushes from the 80’s?
Dan,
The turbine model you speak of is the Paasche AB turbo and they are a lot older than the 80’s. They had some back in the early 1900’s.
http://www.wgn.net/~panther/airbrush_museum_02.htm
This is the airbrush that the pin-up artist Olivia uses, or used to, I am not sure if she still does.
Mike
I’ll get a 3155 head, nozzle & needle assembly when they start selling parts for that.
I tried it out earlier with some Badger acrylic paint and some MM Acryl and did not have good results at spraying fine lines consistantly. I think I need to try some enamels or maybe an acrylic that has smaller pigments as these fine needles and tips are tougher to get those paints to flow through reliably, as has been said on here many times in the past.
Mike
mike, how much did that brush set you back?
I think BearAir has them for $94 or something.
Mike
Mike, do you have any artists inks or anything like that? Hobby Lobby carries that PH Martin’s Hydrous watercolors that are great for airbrushing and should work beautifully with that brush. I’m looking forward to finding out how the brush works for you.
Thanks Josh.
Since Jay Livery helped design it I am thinking that urethanes are what would shine in it. Of course they spray great out of all airbrushes. [;)]
Too bad they are so pricey, especially the HOK (House Of Kolor) stuff.
I am going to try my Badger Imagine Air paints in it also and see how they do.
Mike
This hybrid looks and sounds pretty good so far , I’d love to know what sort of results you get from it?