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>>7413804
Airbrushes do make it easier to get a good even coat with a nice texture, but there is some extra work they create as well. Some paints don't play nice with airbrushes and you need to properly thin any paint going into an airbrush. Then there is the extra cleaning and maintenance during painting and in between every color change to prevent paint clogging and stringing up.

I did not get an airbrush until after I did the Aoko gk entirely with a brush, you might want to wait to see if you enjoy painting and assembling a gk first. Plus there will always be parts of a figure you will need to use a brush on so getting some practice while keeping things simple might be a nice way to start. If you are dead set on "perfection" for your very first kit you might want to get an airbrush then. Or buy some other cheap kit to experiment with. Using brush only my first time left me with a bit of a shiny plastic-ish look which is much easier to avoid with an airbrush, but for a first try it's not that big of a deal. I was also unfamiliar with how to make my paint jobs more matte rather then glossy.

If you are set on getting an airbrush/compressor I bought the TC-196 from tcpglobal.com. It's the best combination of cheap/features you will want. A void tankless air compressors as many seem to suffer from inconsistent air stream which can screw up your painting. I use an Iwata HP-CS airbrush.


Good Luck!