Above birds are very nice. Some made with a Creos 770. A professional detail brush. Really like the art. My art still in backorder.
I just did not have any trust in my brush, the evolution 2023. There are ways to work around it:
Try spraying on a piece of test paper first, then immediately onto your artwork. I had to do this because sometimes, it would not spray paint. Those are the moments, I must not force it to spray by pulling the trigger more back: result, mega amount of paint splatter. Secondly, spray simple dots. You would say, that someone who had a sprayed for about 6 months would be able to do such simple task. Well, Even that was tricky. Why?
When I pulled the trigger a bit back, no dot. So sometimes I had to pull a bit more back. It was so inconsistent. I really didn't like the Evolution 2023.
Started to think, is it me? The evolution will work great if you use shields because extreme precise control is not that important. Spraying very thin layers is also no problem. It is just that I am a more of a pencil, free hand person. I like to paint with it.
I did some research about the best brushes. Creos, Iwata. S&H I skipped completely. I have no confidence in them. I am sorry H&S. When I pay quiet some money for s brush I expect it to work when I want it to work. I eventually made an decision to visit a airbrush shop that was working from a private home. He had a few google 4 / 5 stars. And the customers were happy about the way this shop owner communicated, just to the point and giving valuable info, that is really useful. So I ordered and went to this shop. Was a long drive. The brush was just too expensive to trust package companies. It happened before many times that it was delivered to another address with the same number.
I went, talked the the owner, really nice guy. Explained to me about paints, cleaning. Showed me a few examples like motorcycle tank painting. Really awesome. Learned a few things. Took the time to explain it. A really nice bonus was the price. He said, because he has the shop a living house, there is no rent, no salary to pay to employees, etc. I could buy the brushes sometimes for 60 euro cheaper. That is huge!
I asked if I could sell my 2nd hand brush (+ all spare parts) to him to get a discount. That was possible.
I decided to buy the Iwata Micron Takumi + Iwata Eclipse Takumi. with some spare parts for the eclipse. He gave me even more discount and a bottle of Candy color on top. Man! What a guy! So the discount was way more than 60 euro.....
I have been trying the Micron now for 2 days. I am really amazed. I am speeeeeeechless almost. This is exactly what I wanted.
Below attached A4 paper you see I tried the simple dots, with the needle cap on, I am not that good , to do it without. Every single time I wanted a dot, it would spit the exact same amount out. A tiny but more pulling back is a tiny bit more. Then I tried getting closer to the paper. Even tinier dots as you experts know. I did maybe 50 dots? All 50 spot on!!!! Jaw open! Then I tried without 2 parts, the needle cap and 0.18 mm Nozzle cap. According to the manual it will produce spots. Well. ok, I thought, let me give it a try. See those perfect round black dots on the paper? It was just pull back and release to create 1 ore more of those dark round dots. Easy job, a kid of 2 could do it. The needle will then be full of paint, coated evenly. I got a cotton swab with demi water and gently removed the paint from the needle. Then screwed back the 2 parts. And continued sprayed lines.
Tried both the Micron and Eclipse. I am a slow worker and the Eclipse just sprays so fast, it is a bit hard for me to control. So, for me the go to airbrush is at this moment, the Iwata Micron. Shame I had to waste money with a brush I did not know I would "hate": Evolution.
Ah yes, Iwata screws the caps way too tight. I tightened the caps by hand, tested with some soapy water, no leak.... don't understand why a Iwata soft plier is required.... yes I damaged coating a bit . Tried with a plier with duc tape, but the metal just pressed thought. Had to use soo much force to unscrew it. A rubber seal does not require high amount of Nm to seal airtight. Kinda like the motorcycle oil filter. It is the little bit of oil on the black seal that completely seals it perfectly.....
It is a pity that some people I know said, ahhh you don't need an expensive brush. H&S is good, it is you.
So, advice should be taken by a grain of salt..... because people don't know others, they only know themselves.
Every person is different. Best is try cheap and middle and expensive, have a look at your wives bank account. LOL. Joking here... And decide, which will be be for the next few years....
