Which do you recommend?
Are there any others that I haven't listed for a similar price which you recommend?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Back in the late 1990's, I started MY airbrushing career with the venerable & (then), ubiquitous "BADGER.200" with a Medium head/needle
To be fair, it's pretty "idiot-proof", BUT, like all airbrushes, thorough cleaning is KEY !!!!
Not much to go wrong, provided ya run it through with a suitable cleaner.
Ted Taylor (now deceased), used to use a Badger.200 "only" when I knew him & he is 'the one' that taught me how to spray.
Ted was no idiot & he used to "do" NEW model-reviews for both REVELL & TAMIYA in the U.K press magazines
I'll provide a link & you can judge for yourself, what a competent man, can "do" with a basic Badger.200 - (admittedly 'clean-finishes')
modelwork home page
Just scroll-down & click each plane, to see what he was doing back in the late 1990's & early 2000's before he died.
Incidentally, it was a boost having him at our monthly IPMS meetings (at Hornchurch IPMS & 'Southern-Expo'), because of 'new-releases'
Tamiya & especially REVELL used to give him a kit, BEFORE general public release & we'd get to see it, many, many months ahead, before the public.
One such was the REVELL/MONGRAM 'PRO-MODELLER' Messerschmitt Me.110-G.4 Nightfighter / Another was the 1/32nd Hawker Hunter.
His airbrush technique was very basic & straightforward, no faffing about & he ALWAYS got stunning (plain) results with the BADGER.200
Some of the other lads on here will tell you 'when' BADGER changed to the "new" 200 style-head, simply re-named BADGER 200-NH = (New Head)
I've used BOTH types & assuming that the user has more than three brain-cells (Phew, I just made it !), then you're GOOD TO GO.
Spares ARE more readily available than Dog-$h!t over a Public-park was circa 1970, so, "if" ya trash a needle or such, it's easily replaced.
Figured I'd just "throw the suggestion in there", as the BADGER.200-NH is still readily available & I presume (?), cheaper than those you've listed ?
Sorry regarding MY lack of (up to date), knowledge on prices, as I haven't bought ANY airbrush since 2014 (I have a fleet of BADGER 100-LG's, Anthem, etc.
Hopefully, some of the other lads on here or kit-forums, plus you/yourself trawling about on the 'net, can dredge up some recommendations & prices.
Please DON'T discount the BADGER 200 NH tho', purely as a starter, to starter-intermediate airbrush, to teach YOU all the skills you'll need to progress.
You can THEN (at some later-date), go thru the minefield of (much) more expensive "Dual-Action" and "Gravity-Feed" airbrushes on the market.
Badger's spares availabilty is what gives them the drop, in many instances, particularly "if" you're stateside.
I'm in the U.K & back in the 1990's & 2000's, any half-decent Arts & Crafts OR Hobbystore would carry a large range of spares.
Am told that Badger's customer-service is "Good", although to be fair, I've not had to use it, myself - Hope ANY of the above is of use ?
'H.C'