Just a quick post today to mention that Aldi, the well known German supermarket chain which is known well for stocking eccentric things, has Airbrushes in stock as of today (23/7/16). I got up bright and early to get mine, but I needn't have feared - my local branch had about forty of them, and I was the first person to buy one. And that's at a small branch in the country.
I have not had time to test it yet, but it is actually a double action unit, which surprised me a bit. The airbrush, compressor, and all required gear costs $99.
They are also stocking airbrush paint (black, white, and the primary colours, plus some metallics), and various hobby tools, such as a sort of knock off dremel-y thing, dremel-y thing bits, and laser-cut wooden models of the Cutty Sark and HMS Victory.
Huzzah for Aldi! Long may their eccentric habit of stocking things like wheel-chairs, reconditioned Xbox Ones, and wooden toys persist!
12 hours ago
Sweet, heading down to the local one on Bribie now. Nice find mate!
ReplyDeleteI've just been test driving the Airbrush, and I really like it. I admit that I don't know too much about these things - I did own an Airbrush previously, it was a Testors Aztec with modular interchangeable heads and things, which I thought would be easier to maintain, but it never worked that well for me.
ReplyDeleteThis thing has good coverage, and a wide spray pattern, perfect for undercoating (which is what I wanted the Aztec for, and it never could do properly!). I've been using it to paint some wooden toys I am making for charity, and it's doing very well. I have not yet tested it for fine detail work, miniatures painting, or anything much apart from laying yellow on wood blocks.
I also picked up some of the paint Aldi is selling to go with it - the yellow has surprisingly good coverage, the red seems good too, but I have not tested the others yet.