I don't have that one, but I do have a gravity feed Iwata and I like it.
The cup on the MP-M2 only holds 1/4 oz if that's a concern (and as a practical
matter I can't really fill the cups without spillage)

I have an iwata High Performance Plus which is also a gravity-fed air brush but it is a dual action model. I really like it. Note that a gravity-fed air brush will take a little longer to clean after use. Also, you don’t need to thin your paint as much (or at all) with a gravity-fed. But a gravity-fed airbrush does end up with a little paint in the tip when you stop a pass so when you start spraying again, you need to start off of the model to get rid of the paint “plops”.



Jack Burgess



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Has anyone used this airbrush? If so, what did you think of it?



Iwata HP-M2

<http://www.iwata-medea.com/products/iwata-airbrushes/revolution/m-series/hp-m2/> http://www.iwata-medea.com/products/iwata-airbrushes/revolution/m-series/hp-m2/



Thank you.



Bob Chaparro

Hemet, CA










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A dual action airbrush can seem intimidating at first…pushing the button while also pulling it back but it is easy with just a very little practice. I have been using dual action airbrushes for decades but I still remember using a single action…adjusting the needle so that I had a very tight pattern and then, a couple minutes later, adjusting it again since paint slightly clogs the tip as you paint. And then doing it again…



Jack Burgess



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I have the same Iwata gravity feed airbrush Jack mentioned, and I think you would be much happier with a double action airbrush. Hobby Lobby had a weekly 40% off coupon that’s good for one item. I bought my second Iwata airbrush, a siphon feed, at 40% off list. I use a #5 tip and needle in the siphon feed and a #3 tip and needle in the gravity feed. The choice of which one to use is based upon surface area to paint. Generally, I use the gravity feed for freight cars and the siphon feed for structures, etc. I have a single action siphon feed Paasche the only gets use for painting track.



Nelson Moyer



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Has anyone used this airbrush? If so, what did you think of it?



Iwata HP-M2

<http://www.iwata-medea.com/products/iwata-airbrushes/revolution/m-series/hp-m2/> http://www.iwata-medea.com/products/iwata-airbrushes/revolution/m-series/hp-m2/



Thank you.



Bob Chaparro

Hemet, CA












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I will speak up also for the double actions. I had been happily using a bullet-proof Paasche syphon single action brush since the mid fifties. Then at the NMRA Sacramento convention some 7 or 8 years ago, in a moment of exhuberant non-judgment I fell for a great sales talk, and purchased on first sight at full bore an Iwata double action. I have never looked back, and I can also admire the Iwata for the very finely fabricated and finished instrument that it is. I love it for its ease of use and resistance to clogging.

The Paasche is a classic that takes a back seat to no one, however. It is American-made, unchanged since inception, and with skills more expertly applied, it still can do just about any job our hobby requires.

Denny

Denny S. Anspach, MD
Sacramento, CA 95864

Denny...

I think that was the same sales pitch that I experienced a number of years
earlier at another NMRA convention when I purchased my Iwata double action
airbrush...

Jack Burgess

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Not new at all but a very good Airbrush. I have the setup w/the three needles/nozzles/tips etc.

As Bill said, not new, but excellent and priced right as Tim pointed out! I also own the gravity Talon will all three needle sizes. I love it and can finally get the perfectly thin, translucent fades and splatter free weathering affects I am after. I find it's faster and easier to use and clean than my siphon H and use it for everything other than thick, solid colors over large areas.

It is a little heavier than the other pencil type AB's I own—Badger 105 & 155, Harder & Steenbeck Infinity—but not objectionable at all. Nice solid feel with smooth predictable trigger action.