Scale Model Tips - Testing Harbor Freight's $10 Airbrush - Is It Any Good??
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- Опубліковано 10 січ 2021
- In my latest video I test out Harbor Freight's cheapest airbrush. It cost me $10, cheaper if I used a coupon. It uses very old school technology. I test out 5 different paint types to check it's performance and results. I was surprised by the finished product and I think you will be to. Keep in mind you wont be doing any fine lines with this but I think it has it's place .
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I clicked on this to make fun of it. Instead, I'm swinging by HF after work! Thanks for posting this!
Me too!
By the same token, I thought this video would be making fun of it.
Well... I know what I'm buy all the guys (and me) for Christmas... or Birthdays!!!
Father's Day... Holy Cow... I love this video...
Thank you so much for sharing this video.
Lol. Hope there's some left after this vid
How did you manage to spray with it so good? All my attempts have been either not enough coverage or too wet to the point of dripping.
Was just at HF buying my first air compressor (not for airbrushing, necessarily) and saw this on clearance for $11...watched this video in the aisle, and made the decision to jump on it! Pretty cool little kit
Knowing how to use any tool goes a long way toward getting great results with inexpensive tools. Keep your mind open and be amazed at what can be obtained. Jim
That reminds me of one of Testor's cheaply priced Airbrush Beginners Kit I bought 20 years ago from a local hobby shop.
The effect you're describing (that draws the paint) is called the venturi effect (or principle). As far as I know, all spray guns use the venturi principle. It's also used in virtually all carburetors. What happens is as the air passes over the tube that goes into the paint, a vacuum is created that draws the paint out of the jar. This principle can be applied to many things. In fact, I made a smoker (for smoking meat) using the principle. Actually, I just did it as an experiment and haven't used it for meat but I could adjust the output from my compressor to either generate a mild smoke or enough to smoke the whole neighborhood. Thanks for posting this video. The next time I'm at Harbor Freight, I'm going to pick up one of these.
Nice post, Bob, thanks for sharing... never knew that spray guns utilized venturi. This effect is also used in the saltwater aquarium hobby as well on most protein skimmers. While a lot of aquarists don't use them, they help to pull out a lot of bad nutrients by using the venturi effect. The ocean performs this effect naturally and the hobby has been able to replicate it over the years.
Smarter Every day just did a video on carburetors that's got some great slow motion of the venturi effect in action. Check that out, it's great!
Venturi Effect, as a result of the Bernoulli's Principle. Not trying to be a geek, but Bernoulli deserves his props. His prinipal was completley non intuitive which make it extra impressive, and it spans accross ALL physics and ALL branches of engineering.
Had to watch again, never thought of buying a cheap airbrush until now. Thank you for all your testing and info. You do a great job !!!
It's your decision, but I would not recommend you this type of airbrushes. It works good with the smooth spoons and thick paint layers. On the models it doesn't work that good. You could google for rewievs of Badger 350 it's almost the same thing.
@14 YEARS LATER jerks? I recommend you to read first and comment just after that! Who wrote him to buy an expensive airbrush? For 20€ you could get a normal dual-action airbrush, but exactly this one in video is absolute rubbish. Also as your comment.
Best Regards,
You're on a roll, thank you for testing all of these things and sharing the results with all of us.
Thanks friend
And I spent $300 on a Luminess Airbrush makeup kit and this Harbor Freight airbrush works better and all I do is add a few drops of makeup foundation thinner!! Makeup looks flawless!!🙈😹
Holy Cow... I never thought of that...
Mama is getting this for herself... So Glad YOU thought of this!!!
Look into a mastercraft airbrush off ebay...you can get a nice dual action cheap
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Good to know!!! Thank you!
Oh yay, great idea!!! Thanks God bless
LMAO when i read this. I thought luminess was only for old hags 🤣🤣🤣
Makes a great little air duster for electronics.
Mr. Barbatos Rex, you are incredible! You are always coming up with all new techniques and you are right, it's all physics. Great job...
What's old is new again. 😉
Thank you so much for this video!! I have had an airbrush for almost 2 years now and havent used it because I didn't want to bother cleaning it. After watching your video, I ran to HF and got one -- I love it. Thanks for all the great info!!!!
You're welcome and thanks for watching
That's some handy information man. I'm pretty excited to see a good, cheap, easy to swap, workhorse of an airbrush.
It's actually really good. I was shocked as to its performance. Well worth the $10
I had a Badger 250 and it had the glass jars (only two though). I wasn't as good as airbrushing as I am now so I couldn't tell you if it was truly good or not but now my faith in single action airbrushes has been restored!
I have the same type of airbrush but made from Testors. I bought it from Michael's for $8 with a 70% off coupon. It comes with 5 testors paints. The cool thing about the Testors version is all you need to do is attach the testors paint jars themselves. No need to pour paint into jars and having to wash jars after painting. These are cool. No need to spend all kinds of money especially for beginners.
Everytime I open up one of this i get more and more exited to start painting my own stuff. Thank you!
Thank you. Nothing better than building and painting a model for a zen like experience
I just ran across your video, great job of showing how well it works. One thing you probably already know, you can depressurize your spray paint can and use the paint in the air brush, for easier painting. And also you can get a thin piece of brass and make a "L" bend to cover the paint uptake for air drying.
Excellent video. Lot’s of information. Thanks for sharing your videos Artie 😊
I'm a first time watcher, now a subscriber. You did a great job, easy to watch, easy to understand. Looking forward to watching the rest of your videos. Thank you.
Thanks buddy for the kind words and thanks for watching
Your a magician man. This AB is crap like a grenade, thats a fact and you still get great results. This weekend I gonna try my own tests
Thanks for making this video. With the covid lockdown i thought i would retry my childhood hobby of model cars. I decided that an airbrush would be best to paint the kits and watched many vids on airbrushes when yours showed up to view. I stopped my search and went to harbor freight and picked this up. Thanks also for reminding about 20% coupons !
I've noticed lately that the 20% coupons at HF are harder to find. They also used to give those blue flashlights free with any purchase. I haven't seen those for months now.
I can definitely see myself picking up one of these for simple tasks like applying primer. Thanks for the heads up.
That is brilliant.....You are a genius and just loving you channel and vids.
You guys make it worth it. 😎
I have to say thank you. After seeing this video I went and got me one of these and it's working great for I'm still a beginner.
nice! great vid, gonna go check my local harbor freight now. glad you enjoyed it so much
You can adjust the spray amount and pattern by adjusting the brass spout up and down. This controls the amount of air going over the nozzle.
Heading to harbor freight tomorrow and buy 2 of these... They're on clearance for less than 10 bucks!...🙂
Great Thanks - I recently bought some for primer and base coats - I have not used them yet - Nice review and results
I've been using this for years now and I love it. Sure its not as good as a 200$ air brush but the price is right and its so simple. After some clear and polishing its every bit as good as a real air brush.
I was on the fence about picking one up until I saw your video. Looks good to me, thanks for the review.
Thanks so much for doing this video. I learned something and now I'm not afraid of buying this kit. I'll see if I can find a source for glass jars. Shouldn't be too tough.
I am as green as possible to airbrushing. Your video was so interesting I watched it several times, to see your technique and to see what paints you used in the test. Very informative. I'd be interested in a "basics" on what kinds of paint you use for different reasons. Thanks again.
Model paints are relatively expensive for the amount you get in the small jars it comes in and what I learned by experimentation is that you can get a greater variety of colors when you buy nail polish which is really model paint marketed for a different use and the nail polish is cheaper overall if you get the bargain brands and cover as well and can be thinned with the same thinners as other types of paints which is what nail polish really is anyway .
Holy cow I never thought about that. Is it more brittle and chip easy when handled?
@@patmygroin not at all I find it to be the best paint I've ever used
I salute your creativity. I am going to go try this
Who the hell paints a model with nail polish and see streaks
@@stevequate1797 Airbrushing nail polish leaves a fantastic finish. Tough too.
Thank you so much for bring out this product. Spray paint can be really expensive for craft projects I do. This has given me a wealth of ideas. I am going to get one and try it out. Wonder if it would work on silk flowers. The mist seem to be very gentle. I'll let you and the viewers in on some of the projects I use it on.
This was a Great Video! I Didn’t Expect those Results! That is Impressive for the Cash!! 🤗
It shocked me too 😉
I'm pretty excited to get one of these with the glass bottles now. Hot solvents will no longer damage my air brush and I've always hated cleaning metal flake out of my standard air brush.
They have these with glass?
If you found a suitable glass jar replacement, that would be awesome.
I use this exact one, to spray Cheap (Usually Black ) apple barrel craft paint for base coats on terrain.
Works perfect every time.
great information you do a terrific job, I have learned alot from you. Thanks
Thanks for watching. Many more vids to come. I'm trying to put up 2 a week. Many more items to review.
I have an old Badger siphon feed from about 40 years ago. By adjusting the nozzle on the bottle I was able to do a 2 tone camo paint job on a 1/32 F4-E. It doesn't do a fine edge but it's not a bad airbrush for base coats.
I bought one and used it on my first Gundam build. It worked really well! It’s the best $10 I’ve spent for model making!
I'm going get one. Thanks for the review
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Thanks! Always seen this at HF but wanted to see it in action.
Old tech. MANY years ago i used a hand pump sprayer for bug spray. Worked a treat.
thanks for vid. def picking this up now.
Love your show learned a lot
Thanks for watching
THANKS FOR POSTING I REALLY ENJOY YOUR VIDEOS
Thanks for watching
I'm impressed! I just bought this same airbrush kit, with minimal expectations.
I do automotive paint touch-ups, but can't use a loud compressor where I live now and so I also bought an airbrush one on OfferUp.
Your video instilled alot of confidence and so now I'm looking forward to using this setup.
Thanks for the review 👍😁
Your welcome buddy and thanks for watching
Watched video went and bought one and it works great for what I need. Thanks
Ive been hand painting models for years because I couldnt afford an airbrush. Bonus, they just opened a Harbor Freight in my town, so guess where Ill be tomorrow. Thanks for the review.
Very cool information, great show .
Very cool , thanks.
wow ! i was just in the market for a cheap siphon one. $10 ?? you cant beat that!! thank you!!! going to harbor freight tomorrow :)
It looks a lot like the Aztec from Testors. I’ve had one for over 30 years, and I still use it often. I also have a Badger Creshendo, but I find myself using the old Aztec more often
What i wouldve liked to see is the klear Kotes and aqua gloss through these
Your laughter caused me to laugh but it is a genius idea no more cleaning the dismantling the airbrush to clean it every time you use a different color good job bud!!!!
Very cool, glad I caught this. I kind of collect airbruses. I buy them new & used I find a lot at flea markets and yard sales so I have a lot of Airbrushes from the top brands new and vintage Badger, Iwata, Paasche & Harder & Steenbeck. Different types DA, SA, gravity feed siphon feed etc. I need different guns for different work. Over the years I got several inexpensive guns from Testors, Harbor Freight and several off brands I found on Amazon, Ebay ans some other sites. They have all been pretty decent they have their pros and cons some can be pretty good with a little tweaking. I even bought one of those make up ones at a yard sale and some from nail salons! After seeing this I went out and got one of these just for the hell of it. It really does come across a cheap as hell but performs remarkably well. I like the fact each bottle is separate with a separate paint nozzle. I tried some of my glass bottles and they fit perfectly. I will swap out the bottles with glass eventually for easy maintenance.
Just found this video. Great info. Looks like I found a replacement for rattle-can spray primer. 👍👍
I just picked one up today, looking forward to testing it out. I also got the Airbrush Kit, which looks like it's the badger 350 clone that has a glass jar. I was hoping the glass jars would interchange with the plastic ones, but they do not unfortunately. Overall they're so simple they'll be great to play with but the little spring loaded buttons feel so simple I'm sure they won't last super long.
Aaawww...sorry to hear the jars were not interchangeable. For those of us in *Paasche* Gangland, those little plastic jars are interchangeable with the Paasche 3/4 ounce "Glass" ones. Thus, even though the Harbor Freight Airbrush Kit will give you 5 color jars, you can increase your range of color prep from your Paasche Jar Collection.
Hahaha! Apparently because I said Paasche four times today, they just sent me some *BTC* Crypto into my Wallet (smile)! - - - #totheMoon
I need to make a stop at Harbor Freight soon! Thanks for the review! 👍
Wow, this might be better for me than an actual air brush. No cleaning when swapping between colors? That’s a game changer.
Just cleaning out the glass.
I liked this so much I bought a second one. This works great for quick color changes. It will also work with thinned craft acrylic paint which I use on my model builds all the time.
These a great inexpensive airbrushes for sure
I’m sold, good review, great product
I bought a $50 airbrush 4 years ago for various projects and finally tried it last year. (I forgot about it) It worked horribly with cheap acrylics. Yet here you are, playing with a Harbor Freight airbrush. Impressive. I'm envious. I'm trying to get my dad to check this out. He's retired and building model cars and trucks and driving us nuts. He has never tried an airbrush though in 60+ years of model making. Keep up the great work!
Your dad is a man after my own heart. My dad got me building models in the late 70s and I thank him for that to this day. Thanks for watching and say hi to your dad for me.
@@barbatosrex9473 Lol Thanks. He's trying to recreate his collection he built back when he was a kid in Maine. Only 2 or 3 of his models from that time period survived until now.
I was into model aircraft, then spacecraft and trains, and now I 3D print stuff. He gets a big kick out of helping me paint and assemble 3D printed gifts every Christmas. (and I of course print model trucks for him!)
i have the same airbrush for touch ups on vehicles in my shop an i found some large glass containers at michaels to replace the small plastic ones i spray about 6oz at a time
I'm not seeing how you would have attached it yet.
@@joecooper8527 if you mean how i attached the bottles they had the same thread on the new bottles ,but if you cant find bottles with the same thread you can make some with plumbers putty or any epoxy putty
What is the name of the 6 oz bottles?
@@beargaming6200 Thanks
That blue is beautiful.
Wow. IM impressed. That would be perfect for my nascar chassis & roll cage. I’m going to get one. That would be perfect for my primer too. I have some jars from scientific surplus. Hopefully I can change them. 👍👍
Thanks for another great review.
Thank you 🙂
I have 3 of these I bought a few years ago for multiple projects, and have used them many times. They work great IMHO.
Thanks for the video im buy one tomorrow jajaj . God bless you my friend
Suprising how good the flow was,have used this type of canister air brush before.but for $10 great for a beginner to use,love the vids you do ,you have a new subscriber ,
Thanks for the sub buddy 👍
I enjoyed your message and your a great teacher, excellent... thank you.... from Aiken South Carolina 😀😮🇺🇸❤️
I think I will buy one of those now thanks for the video
Hey, Barbatos, that spray gun looked GREAT for applying large scale paints. You mentioned the plastic 'jars' and when you did I immediately wondered, "Will those Tamiya jars fit with the sprayer caps?" You should check that out. There might also be some glass jars from the "Herbs and Spices" you use that might also fit that diameter. If the paints in the larger sizes can fit those caps, though, that could really save you a lot of time, both in hooking up the paints and NOT having to clean an extra jar.
Just a thought.
Looks Awesome, I have to get one!
That looks like a great terrain priming airbrush for wargamers and such, awesome review Barbatos!
Thank you buddy
Wow! I am actually impressed!!
I was too
This machine is the original art spray technique. Actually the original was to use a pipette and blow rather than using a compressor. P.S., Was used buy illustrators in stenciling and with shields for shade gradations. Look at 1950s magazine illustrations and you'll recognize it in a lot of ads. They did some amazingly sophisticated work with this simple technique.
I build model cars occasionally and have put consideration into an airbrush. But the compressor, all the cleaning between colors... This appears to hit all the right marks and extend the pot life of the paint if you're going back and forth. Like, with a custom paint job for instance, this would be perfect!
*Barbatos Rex:* Testing Harbor Freight's $10 Airbrush
*Me planning on painting my ACTUAL car soon:* _Interesting..._
Back in 1975. I used a spray system like this to touch up my car. It worked really well. You can control the spray pattern by the height of the nozzle and you can control the quantity by reducing or increasing the air pressure. If he lowered his ear pressure just a little he would get the effect he was looking for I think
way cool , im getting one. thanks for the tip
Pulled the trigger on this airbrush after watching your video a few days ago. I actually love this thing. It works just as you said in the video and goes on just like a can of spray paint but not to heavy. Between your video of using $1 store craft paint in an airbrush and this thing I'm going to be in hog heaven. Only down side I see is there is still a little loss of paint in the cups compared to using a real airbrush. That's a trade off I'm willing to take tho. Oh, one last thing. The fittings it came with didn't work with my Harbor Freight airbrush compressor so I had to rob a quick disconnect adapter from an air tool and use my 30 gallon air compressor lol. Actually was probably for the best since the H.F. compressor doesn't have an adjustable pressure regulator on it yet.
Thanks for the review. I'm looking to buy an airbrush for models but have never used one. Don't want to spend much until I have a feel for what I am doing.
Nice vid.
I know you mentioned compressed air in a can, but since you were using a compressor, what do you recommend for an inexpensive model air compressor?
Thanks for this vid looks like a really good primer brush for vallejo since it usually clogs my eclipse
Good enough for me I use to do this back in the 80s when it first came out. It's cost over 200 for it
excellent discover thanks !!!
Going to HF tomorrow. Thanks for reviewing. 20% off until Monday. For the win. 🏆
I've passed these things all the time. Sub well earned! Going to go grab one today!
It is a single-action airbrush and they are really good for quick color changes and base coating. If you have ever seen t-shirt painters and other "beach" artists, they use them pretty heavily. You can tune them to a very fine line with a little practice. I still have a few that I live by for larger terrain projects or when I need to spray a lot of models and don't want to deal with refilling halfway through.
I'm considering a Paasche H single feed model for my car kit bodies. Is that a good choice?
I started learning how to airbrush on a similar airbrush. It may not be the most high tech one, but if used right, you could easily make a model kit look amazing with the right skills. You can use this airbrush to build up your skills then move up to a more better airbrush and your skills will end up being even better.
Just spent $15 on black spray paint. Going out tomorrow to drop $10 on this endless spray paint tool. Thx!!
I shop at harbor freight often, most stuff they have are a great deal, but I do stay away from most electrical items such as drills, grinders and the likes. But things like this airbrush kit is a great deal. And most tools aren’t bad either. Of course I did get some aluminum loading ramps to load my 4-wheeler into my truck, which worked a few times, but then one day one of the ramps got a bend into it and I had to put some support under it for safety concerns. But the product you tested makes me want to paint some models now. Great video.
Thanks for watching. I have a couple more Harbor Freight airbrush test to come. One was even cheaper than this one 😉
Thanks for posting this. I don't know how many times I looked at this HF airbrush and scoffed at it. Surely something that cheap and made in China cannot spray that well. DAMN, it does a great job, good coverage, simple, easy cleanup, etc... The Tamiya Blue looks gorgeous and looks like it was shot then buffed out. I think I need to swing by HF and pick one up now.
You won't be disappointed
With the quick adapter and large paint reservoir, be great for just holding primers.
Thats exactly where my mind went
Great video! I do custom 1/64 cars but didn’t want to go with the big time pita to clean airbrush. 50 years ago I had something similar to this but it never worked right. I need something better than rattle cans and this might be it. It would give me more color choices.
Great demo of this airbrush! I could buy canned air and go!
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Man I don't paint models but it's still really interesting to watch your videos
Wow thank you
still love the vids! awesome to see you got almost 8k subs! been here before 300 lol.
also, where did you buy your finishers paint?
Been with me since the beginning, nice. I got the Finishers at Galactic Toys
@@barbatosrex9473 one more question, what do you think the shelf life is? i love buying hoards of paints but i feel like i wont use them for a while, anything to look out for?
@@domislegit1 if you don't open them they'll last awhile. It's the air that would ruin them. You could also store them in ZipLock bags, that keeps the air out. But you'll be surprised how long they last. You can recover old paints too fairly easily so there's that.
Just stumbled on this great channel. Subscribed!
Thanks buddy 👍
excellent video. Went out and got one after watching but couldent find the adapter you put on the gun to attach to your hose. could you tell me where you found it? went to home depot and ace and nothin.
Thanks in advance.
Excellent video!
Ok I'm impressed. I will pick one up the next time I'm at Harbor Freight.
I am member. Love hbrfr8! Always wanted to get an airbrush. To learn to use one. Have plenty of hobbies and stuff to use it on. N, ho, o, and g scale electric trains. Over 200 more than 85% run few projects. Hard to find lionel parts in ho scale. Multiple rc 1/10 scale. Electrics and 3 nitros. And 🚀's . rebuilding snowmobile. Wanna do simple decals to offset colors. With this video... I learned quite a bit. That each time i passed over buying 1... i messed ☝. 😆 in and out of a lot of modeling videos dioramas and rc's. Awesome video man.
What size fitting did you use to connect to the airbrush with the quick connect on the other side? (make or p/n) I don't really like the mini hose that comes with this one. Thanks again for the great videos!