Procon Boy GSI Creos PS-290

This airbrush is well made. Fit and finish are excellent. Action is smooth and flows paint like crazy. Great packing job by Russell! Shipping was quicker than promised. Pleased with this purchase.

Nozzle clogs after couple minutes

Way better than an iwata neo, and is pretty much the same as another iwata product, you can research this. Made in same factory, the wide spray nozzle is amazing for gunpla, I can cover the parts very quickly with a nice even layer of paint, it also came with a standard nozzle for when you need to detail up and do shading. The trigger is so much better than the top button.

I contacted SprayGunner with a specific purpose driven airbrush need. A Rattlecan type airbrush that doesn't have the horrible overspray of the rattlecan. I gave them my budget, told them I didn't care if it was single or double action, and they recommended two airbrushes. The PS-290 was one. A little background. I build large scale models (1/48 scale military aircraft, 1/24 scale semi tractors and trailers, and large SciFy models) and I needed a way to prime and base coat a very large area without resorting to rattlecans. I have an Iwata Revolution with a .5mm needle, but the effective spray pattern is really only about 1 inch maximum (even though they say 2 inch). With the included fan cap for the PS-290, you spray an oval pattern, instead of a round pattern, so you can more effectively cover large areas with less overlap and less overspray. I'm talking about spraying a continuous pass alongside a 2Ft piece of styrene plastic that is the side of a 1/24 scale semi tractor trailer. This airbrush excels at that. Another item to mention, since you're doing large areas at once, is the limiter on the back of the brush. You can set it to allow you to pull the trigger back a little (less paint) or full throttle (most paint) consistently so you don't get trigger strain trying to hold one position all the way through the paint stroke. I use minimum to mist my first coat (I use acrylic primer/paint), then turn it up a little for the second stroke, them crank it up for the third stroke. One note of caution, this airbrush when set to allow full paint will go through paint VERY fast. It WILL lay down a heavy coat if you're not careful. Are there any CONS to this airbrush. Yes. The gravity cup is screw on. This isn't the problem, the problem is is leaves about 1/4' of tube from the bottom of the cup to the cavity of the airbrush which will hold quite a bit of paint or cleaning material. More of a PITA type of issue when finished spraying and have material left over. Like all airbrushes that use the micro screw in fluid nozzles ... they're tiny and a pain to put back on after you've completed a good deep clean. If you use the included nozzle wrench, you can over tighten and strip the threads really easy. Even though made by Iwata, they have a nozzle wrench (https://www.amazon.com/Iwata-Medea-CL-NW-Nozzle-Wrench/dp/B00NE078SA/ref=sr_1_21?crid=1Z13WHUWNIC2A&keywords=airbrush+fluid+nozzle+wrench&qid=1644472337&sprefix=airbrush+fluid+nozzle+wrench%2Caps%2C115&sr=8-21) that fits their fluid nozzle as well this one (and probably all others that use that style) that allows you to take off, put back on, and tighten the nozzle so you can't over tighten and strip the threads. A little pricey, but considering how much one nozzle costs, then include shipping cost and time lost waiting for it to arrive, it was worth it for me. It comes like a plain tube shape, but I drilled a hole in mine so I can keep it on the keychain that has my cleaning brushes. So, if I break my PS-290 and need a new one, would I buy it again or another model ... absolutely buy it again. If you're in the market for anything airbrush related other than Iwata, check out spraygunner's website. If you're looking for Iwata related stuff, check out Coast Airbrush. Both companies have really great customer service folks who talk to you like you're a human and are genuinely happy to help you. No, I don't work for either company, I'm just very happy by both companies that don't treat you like you're an idiot, or "another number". Sorry this is a little long winded

So far so good!