>>9562591I've used every airbrush under the sun for model painting, art, and even painting shit like t-shirts and motorcycle tanks and for me, for plamo, I have ditched everything except 2 airbrushes, which I recommend for all plamo modelers or GK builders. These are obviously not the end-all, be-all of airbrushes and tons of others are fine, but for the money and for this purpose (lacquer and acrylic hobby paints like Mr. Color and Vallejo, for moderately fine detail but also lots of workhorse flat coverage and also spraying primer and clear coats) you will absolutely never have any need for anything else if you have these brushes. I actually use the Medea more often because it's less fiddly and simply works, and break out the Procon for detailing and things like gradients on garage kits (things like hair and skin, or shading on gunpla). If you buy only one, buy the Medea first. People will reee at this idea but most people who take up airbrushing drop it again pretty fast because they cheap out or else overspend on something beyond their capability to actually use, which will take a few years. I don't recommend a new driver buy a junker but I also do not recommend a Ferarri.
You could maybe get by with cheaper airbrushes but you will spend more time fussing with them than it's worth just to save a few bucks. You can get by with more expensive ones as well (I have a $900 Harder and Steenbeck here from my buddy that I fixed for him and I don't use it for models because its simply overkill and IMO overpriced, but would work if you got a deal on one).
Spend $100-200 like you planned to and get a reputable brand and you will be fine. You can certainly get too much brush and suffer for it, and you can obviously cheap out, struggle to make the Chinese knockoff function, and quit the hobby like so many others.
Obviously also grab a spray booth and a $100-150 tank with a compressor (they're pretty much all the same thing made by a bunch of different manufacturers).
