Post by blues90 on Apr 21, 2014 21:18:17 GMT -5
I know there are usually three tip and needle sizes for most brushes . Is it reasonable to assume looking at an unknown tip and comparing it to a known tip size and the unknown is smaller and the known size is a med the unknown must be the small of #1 ?
I have a SA internal mix revell student and it has 2 grooves in the needle end the other is a Vega that Badger made up a few years back and I know it's a med and has 3 grooves on the needle . It is a dual action internal mix that has a short handle with a needle stop . The revell student has the head style of the old Badger 200 with a screw in tip and the nylon washer , the Vega/Badger has a tip like all vegas and paasches have like a cone shape.
I was able to find any meaningful info on the revell other than Thayer Chandler / Badger used to make it and it's very much like the Vega 600 .
I did get a new brush today , a Paasche SI med tip internal mix single action . It seems well made and nice .
I just wanted to ask about tip sizes and if anyone knows . I can still use the revell if it's a fine tip for detail work or weathering . I do have three dual action brushes a Badger anthem and a Vega 2000 and the one Badger made up yet I'm not very good since I never really tried to learn to trigger a dual action .
FWIW I mostly use Paasche H brushes and last time I painted a HO loco was 2003 for someone who wanted a slug so he sent the frame and shell I made the slug and then wanting to do the best job possible I used the Badger 200 internal mix and testors enamel a paint which I never used before and the finish appeared to have a bit better finish than with the H brush . It just looked a bit smoother over all .
I also have 2 Badger 350 brushes but for some odd reason they don't seem to do as good of job as the Paasche H , I can't recall but I think at the time I was using the thin plastic hose that came with the 350 and perhaps didn't increase the air pressure needed through the thin hose I have the better braided Badger hose yet they seem heavy for the very light 350 and the Badger braided hose are stiff compared to the Paasche braided hose.
I have a SA internal mix revell student and it has 2 grooves in the needle end the other is a Vega that Badger made up a few years back and I know it's a med and has 3 grooves on the needle . It is a dual action internal mix that has a short handle with a needle stop . The revell student has the head style of the old Badger 200 with a screw in tip and the nylon washer , the Vega/Badger has a tip like all vegas and paasches have like a cone shape.
I was able to find any meaningful info on the revell other than Thayer Chandler / Badger used to make it and it's very much like the Vega 600 .
I did get a new brush today , a Paasche SI med tip internal mix single action . It seems well made and nice .
I just wanted to ask about tip sizes and if anyone knows . I can still use the revell if it's a fine tip for detail work or weathering . I do have three dual action brushes a Badger anthem and a Vega 2000 and the one Badger made up yet I'm not very good since I never really tried to learn to trigger a dual action .
FWIW I mostly use Paasche H brushes and last time I painted a HO loco was 2003 for someone who wanted a slug so he sent the frame and shell I made the slug and then wanting to do the best job possible I used the Badger 200 internal mix and testors enamel a paint which I never used before and the finish appeared to have a bit better finish than with the H brush . It just looked a bit smoother over all .
I also have 2 Badger 350 brushes but for some odd reason they don't seem to do as good of job as the Paasche H , I can't recall but I think at the time I was using the thin plastic hose that came with the 350 and perhaps didn't increase the air pressure needed through the thin hose I have the better braided Badger hose yet they seem heavy for the very light 350 and the Badger braided hose are stiff compared to the Paasche braided hose.
