H&S actually has five different airbrushes in the Infinity series (but we’ll just be looking at the Giraldez version today). The size of the nozzle of your airbrush will determine how much paint is going to get through at the same time. This will also reflect in the width of the spray area. Created with Angel Giraldez specifically for the art of painting miniatures to the highest standard possible, but with the greatest ease and control. The ergonomics are designed for highly accurate work on small pieces, the architecture for the simplest maintenance and the spray performance for ultimate control. Needle/Nozzle: ok, ignore the image above here. the nose on the Crplus I’ve shown is actually from my Evolution Airbrush and I swapped it out to get me out of a jam. The actual nose is identical on both units. However. The nozzle is of the self-centering type. Just drop it in, screw on the nozzle cap and you are ready to go. No need to mess around with the fine spanner worrying about damaging the nozzle.

If you find the tip clogging with paint, first of all, try to give it a full trigger pull away from your model and it should blast off the drying paint on the needle. But failing this, all you need to do is just keep a small swab of tissue nearby with some airbrush cleaner on it. every so often, just pinch the needle with it and give a gentle twist. The airbrush is sporting a super-fine 0.18mm nozzle, which allows for a hairline spray pattern and works great for intricate Luftwaffe mottling. This thing has a really strange name just like many other Gunze/GSI products (I will never forget the typo –“Mr.Retarded – Mild”– which I’ve seen in one online store). But – it is, in fact, one of the best airbrushes for fine detail work you can possibly get. But the fact is that this is only half of the equation. it’s also the taper of the needle which defines how wide or fine your spray is.On the other hand, if you are building aircraft models like the German propeller fighters of WW2, you might want to choose something smaller – like 0.2mm. This is great when painting miniatures as the one airbrush, without swapping needles, you can go from priming and base coating to fine details with ease. It’s worth noting that this is a full teardown (bar one little unscrewable piece which is still in the body here, and I only realised existed after I broke my airbrush after not correctly cleaning enamel pains out of it.) I am using a cheap Chinese compressor. Don’t know what’s its name but it looks exactly like this one – ZENY Airbrush Compressor. Apart from having to seal all threads with some PTFE tape, I can’t complain about its performance. But I am looking to upgrade to something not as loud. What paints would you recommend for airbrushing? Airbrushes come in two basic types. An airbrush can either single or double action. The difference lies in the paint delivery mechanism. Single-Action Airbrush

Are you admitting fault with your Infinity CR Plus V2 and will you be offering the Giraldez version as a replacement? Vallejo paints, on the other hand, were a PITA to spray. They are my choice for brush painting though. What accessories would you recommend?What I could do without, is the cutout on the handle, however, I understand someone else might actually like it. The handle is also of the “pre-set” type, allowing you to adjust the needle stop for more precise paint volume control. We can divide airbrushes further based on the way the paint is fed toward the mixing chamber. Gravity-Fed Airbrush This type comes with a paint jar that’s affixed to the bottom of the airbrush’s body and the paint is then siphoned through a small tube toward the mixing chamber. Compared to gravity airbrushes, siphon-fed airbrushes often come with much larger paint cups or bottles allowing you to cover larger areas without having to refill. Side-Fed Airbrush

A face mask or respirator is a must-have for me as well. I am using a 3M half-mask. It might be difficult to get a mask now though due to the coronavirus situation. If you are just starting out, I would probably go for an airbrush with a nozzle size that can handle both reasonably well. 0.3 or 0.35mm nozzle is a pretty solid choice. You can then add a smaller or larger nozzle to your arsenal as your skills progress. Almost all cheap airbrushes come with this type of nozzle. But mind you, even some of the most expensive Iwata airbrushes utilize these as well. But of course, they are much better engineered. Self-centering nozzles And about the Infinity, what I like about the airbrush is that it has a tall trigger, which makes controlling the amount of mixture that is released by the gun quite accurate. But in my opinion it does not spray better than the Evolution. An advantage of both the Infinity and Evolution is the self-centering nozzle that allows artists to remove and insert the needle from the front end of the gun, which can prevent damaging the needle tip while cleaning the needle, beside the fact that no tools are required to remove and mount the nozzle. This feature allows you to prevent the needle from retracting too far and causing too wide a spray. Simply set the dial to the desired point so you can ensure maintain paint flow control. Great for beginners especially. But after 4 years of airbrushing, I still use it now when I want to ensure I’m only gradually adding colour to a model. (not because I have ham-fingers).

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then points out that the front of the airbrush is shorter so as to get closer to the model ( OK a personal choice and painting preference; I'll give him that one). he points out the original trigger is not vertical and his design rectify's that. ( does that mean the original was not designed well?) When choosing an airbrush, you should consider several factors. Some of them are very important, others less so. Let’s have look at them now. Control Type Why continue to market your Infinity CR Plus as a "high end airbrush instrument for professional artists with ergonomic excellence" even though one of your own designers happily points out at least 9 design faults that needed improving!