Airbrushing – The greatest thing since sliced cheese. Well, almost. I bought a Paasche airbrush last year when a local hobby shop was closing on sale, and used it for the first time a few months ago. I instantly fell in love. I’ve gotten some awesome results on my structures built so far. However, I find that keeping the thing clean is a pain in the ass. The bottle tops are a pain to the clean, the little nozzle the paint flows through on the airbrush… pain. Color changing… pain. I just can’t seem to keep it working decently.

Sure, it’s probably something I’m doing wrong, but I’m not pro at this. So, I’ve been seeing some good things about Testor’s bottom of the barrel airbrush, the external mixing Aztek A220.

The main thing I like about this airbrush is that the there’s no paint flowing through the brush. It’s straight up from the bottle to the air flow. This makes color changes a snap, and cleaning simple. The bottles all come with caps too, so when you’re done you just pop a cap on the bottom and voila! No need to swap caps, clean tubes, or whatever (at least I hope so).

I’ve read the results you get from the A220 are good for doing structures and what not, and works just as well as my $70+ Paasche. If you wanna get into more detailed airbrushing, you’ll need something else for the job, but for $23 at Tower Hobbies, I figured I’d give it a shot for my structures.

I’ll post up some thoughts once I get it and give it a test drive.

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