Offering total control for fine detail to medium spraying, Iwata's Hi-Line Series and High Performance Plus Series airbrushes are designed around the legendary Iwata HP Series which established the Iwata name in the creative community over 50 years ago. Hi-Line Series airbrushes feature a Micro Air Control (MAC) Valve that enables incremental control of the airflow. Using the MAC Valve, you can easily restrict the airflow to create stipple effects. To answer this question, it really depends on your current set-up. If you have no airbrush at all and you’re looking for something that works well and will last. This thing is perfect, offering great results out of the box. Iwata has made Airbrush selection much easier within their brand by introducing the “5 ways to Spray” branding. The following infographic should give you an idea.

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The Eclipse allows for simple maintenance ensuring you will always have something ready to use, time and time again. Even if it does start to wear, you can always get support from companies like Airbrushes.com should you need a repair or more thorough maintenance. Iwata Eclipse HP-CS – Final Thoughts Place the nozzle into the airbrush head base. Screw on head cap and gently tighten with head cap wrench. Do not over tighten. Clean the outside of your airbrush with a small amount of Medea Airbrush Cleaner. Use a pipe cleaner dipped in Medea Airbrush Cleaner to clean tight areas where paint can build up.

If you like what we’re doing here you could really help encourage more content with a share on any social media platform. IMHO, expect this to happen at some point through general wear & tear. Iwata Eclipse HP-CS – Application to Miniatures Just to note, the wrench is to “loosen” the head cap, not to tighten it. The standard rule of airbrushes is that screws should be screwed finger tight only Spray categories include “ABSOLUTE PRECISION” for the Custom Micron (which I will review soon) “TOTAL CONTROL” for Hi-Line & High-Performance Airbrushes, “ALL-STAR VERSATILITY” for Eclipse. “EFFORTLESS COVERAGE” is for the Revolution & Neo airbrushes and “FULL FINISH” for Iwata’s Spray guns Replacement components for the airbrush are readily accessible and far less expensive than other airbrushes on the market.

Iwata Eclipse Airbrushs UK. Eclipse HP-CS, HP-BS, HP-BCS and

With main lever depressed, gently re-insert the needle so as not to damage the sharp tip. The needle is fully seated when it comes to a complete stop. Do not use excessive force. Fill a clean bottle (not included) with Medea Airbrush Cleaner (or appropriate cleaner) and attach it to the airbrush. Showing that this airbrush is capable of everything from Fine-Detail to wide spray cones, as the above QA results show. Altered or fitted with parts incorrectly by you or any party other than an Anest Iwata-Medea authorised service centre.On Iwata airbrushes, but excluding 'Neo for Iwata' airbrushes, the above warranty is extended by the Airbrush Co Ltd to 10 years in the UK. If you currently have a cheap airbrush that came with you’re the compressor. The sort I recommend in this complete beginner guide. Then again, yes. massively! As I said in that article, those airbrushes are absolute trash. They have only 2 uses. 1, to learn how to disassemble an airbrush and not worry about losing components as they are so cheap. 2, to cut your first teeth with airbrushing. I know many hobbyists refer to those cheapo brushes one-use. There’s a good reason for that. You will NOT need a nozzle wrench to take out the nozzle inside this airbrush. Unlike other Iwata airbrushes the Eclipse CS has a special ‘ floating nozzle‘ which is easier and less delicate to take apart to change. The little spanner is used to take the head off to get into the nozzle area.

Iwata Eclipse HP-BS Gravity Feed Dual Action Airbrush

Before I begin I’ll let you know how the models were prepared. As it will serve as an example of how fine this airbrush sprayed. You will be able to see how much detail was retained after so many layers. These models were Originally primed in Vallejo Grey Airbrush Primer and coated with Typhon Ash. I started to paint the base colours, but I wasn’t happy. So I used one of them in my paint stripping guide. If by chance it does happen to you, Iwata asks people to get in touch as they will inspect and replace it if is defective. Use the cleaning brush or pipe cleaner dipped in Medea Airbrush Cleaner to clean the paint passage from the front of the airbrush (3 and 4). Clean until there is no paint debris on the brush or pipe cleaner.

Designed for artists who need total control of detailed spraying, the Hi-Line Series uses larger diameter threads on the The Iwata Eclipse CS has the option to change to a 0.5mm needle, nozzle and nozzle cap for broader spraying. Layer 9 – An all-over wash of Dark Tone and Strong Tone (not mixed together, each tone was applied to complement the appropriate base colour). This wasn’t applied with the airbrush, but it’s an important extra layer we applied.