Airbrushing - Badger 150 problem

[berryr99]

Good afternoon all,

I am still working on the two Chris Ward Growler locos and have now applied paint using my Badger 150 airbrush (photo of airbrush attached)

Airbrushing has always been a bit of a "Dark Art" to me (like soldering and track electrics) but I have managed the task OK.

However the Badger 150 has one big problem which is that the reservoir tends to drop off as it is only a push fit onto the airbrush.

This has resulted in a large dollop of BR Green being applied to the carpet and the domestic authorities are not going to be amused (when I confess !)

I just wondered if anyone else had found this problem with this model of airbrush and had solved it.

I had thought of securing the reservoir with a rubber band but I think it would not stand up to airbrush cleaner and thinners for very long.

Thanks

Regards

Bob Berry

[rod335]

I really dislike those open reservoirs. I have an 'old' Badger 200 wich is a single action airbrush and I much prefer it to the double action one I have. However, with both I always use a bottle reservoir, if it does occasionally drop off, usually no damage is done. Expo (no connection) sell these bottles as spares, the last one I bought had the plastic feed pipe running up through the jar lid and into the airbrush and seemed to 'grip' better.

Rod

[PUASHP]

Bob,

I had the same issue recently and it is because the entry into the body of the gun becomes clogged with paint and the cup does not push fully in.

Personally I do my spraying in the garage to avoid any domestic issues.

Paul

[berryr99]

Gents,  thanks for the information.

I also have a very old airbrush of unknown make and this has a reservoir that screws onto the airbrush and has a lid you can screw down as well. I'm assuming that Badger don't make theirs this way because of cost issues.

Hmm... I had not thought of using the bottles but I can now see how it would not matter so much if it fell off. Also I will be a bit more careful about cleaning the entry pipe into the airbrush.

Just for your peace of mind the domestic authorities seemed to be fairly relaxed about the incident with BR Green paint on the carpet but I think I have lost a brownie point or two !

Bob