Is this the BEST Mid-Range Airbrush? | Honest Review of Gaahleri's Mobius 0.3 | 4K Guide

[@ModellingWeekly]

I hope you all find this handy! Side note/disclaimer: I am aware of the situation between Gaahleri and StudioG. I, along with everyone apart from the aforementioned, do not know all the facts so I have decided not to comment on this situation in the video. I do however encourage everyone to look into the drama and make their own decision before purchasing an airbrush. My video is purely intended to advise on the airbrush itself. I am in no position to stir any drama about the company itself. Regardless of what they've done in the past, people will still buy these airbrushes, so my only wish is that they make the right decision from the standpoint of the airbrush's quality. I hope you all understand :)

[@florinfarcas4004]

Thank you so much🙏🙏 im a very ambitious modellbuilder and I'm very thankful for your review,keep up and never give up🙏🙏

[@ModellingWeekly]

@@florinfarcas4004 Thank you :)

[@scaleffect]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Always nice to hear from voices of experience when you're pretty new to the hobby.

[@ModellingWeekly]

No worries at all :)

[@CharlieHague-m8u]

Excellent review. Helped me decide against this model for now.

[@RedViking2020]

If only all youtube videos were like this!!! Totally balanced,nicely paced, and all the points hit. I have the early Ghad 39 when these dropped into the world. Clever marketing, etc. The price to me is more than reasonable, considering you get 2 needles and gaskets. It performs well vs my Neo entry level airbrush, be it not quite as smooth but you adjust. When you think a spare needle is plus £20 and gasket and washers can be £8 to £16 Gaahleri is generous right out the box now add free lubricant and its win/wim espesh for a beginner. If you've never airbrushed before, you can't beat the Ghad 39 model. Like others, i thought I'd advance up the series. The 39 has a spare 0.2 as well as the 0.3, so that's great, but i like this Mobius for its longer internal head design,smooth cup, and thumb grip. Ill see what the important trigger feel is as basically you've sold this airbrush to me. There's always going to be a better airbrush, but a lot of modellers dont have £400+ to spend. Thank you for comparing it to similar models. Theres some deals on at the moment, and they have a UK branch with no postage as of My/June 2024. The mobius has 7one size needle and 2 offerings,the Ghad has both needle sizes. All these options are great. Awesome review as usual. Thank you. Sold!

[@ModellingWeekly]

Absolutely no worries! And you made some very good points there, very true!

[@johnsaenz9254]

Gaalheri airbrushes are very good and fine detail lines and very easy to clean. I been airbrushing for 36 years and I really love the Gaalheri airbrushes. They are worth buying and very good to use

[@ModellingWeekly]

I'd agree, they're great tools for what they are. I personally prefer using my harder and steenbeck ABs, but each to their own!

[@animalyze7120]

@@ModellingWeekly To be honest H&S and Iwata are for bragging rights mostly. I have a cheaper NeoEco that out of the box is a value that's rare. I painted 4 identical parts and asked a friend which airbrush he thinks I used as the pieces were pristine. He couldn't tell me, but I discovered my $300 H&S was able paint as well as that cheap NeoEco. Might be good paint theory wins the day as I firmly believe Airbrush cost doesn't equate the way we feel it does.

[@cheebc9981]

I have Gaahleri GHAC-98D & iwata HP-CS, and I use acrylic paint mostly. It's true that Gaahleri have tip dry problem compare to iwata using the same paint & thinning ratio. Other than that it spray really well. But acrylic paint tends to have tip dry problem, if u r using lacquer paint it shouldn't have much problem on that.

[@Compliment_Thief]

This is the Mobius lil buddy…

[@stevegrenot5289]

I have one love it. Thanks for the Review.

[@majmambo]

Decent airbrush at a good price . Use it for base coat work . It also does fine lines well ( with thin paint ) .

[@CFster]

Thank you for your honest review. Too many creators are fawning over these brushes simply because they were given to them.

[@ModellingWeekly]

It's my pleasure :) I know what you mean, it's all over the place recently and the majority of people seemingly are blinded by the fact it's a free airbrush as you've said. Shame!

[@tony_bird]

this

[@animalyze7120]

For good reason, it works, it's cheaper and you aren't paying 200 bux extra for a name. I have the eclipse, the infinity and few others in the $50-200 range and this one is the daily driver. Only issue I found was the needle need a polish before using out of the box, a bit oily and collected some dirt and it was on there good too. Bit of Flitz and this thing was off to the races. Air brushes don't cause you to paint better, paint knowledge and good needle maint will. Grab one and see, get the Infinity CR too both are better than the Eclipse. Eclipse is where people fawn over the hype not this brush.

[@CFster]

@@animalyze7120 I own five Gaahleri brushes. After some initial testing, and feedback to Gaahleri, they stay in their boxes. The Mobiuses had a major design flaw I found, which I’m fairly certain I was the first one to find, which they later fixed after gaslighting me about it. Regardless, construction quality is cheap, and parts like nozzle orifices aren’t actually round when compared under magnification to other nozzles. The needle chuck insert came with traction grease on it to make up for sloppy machining, and the threads were easy to cross regardless. I found the .3 Mobius actually performed better at fine detail then the .2, which isn’t surprising. In their price range, both the GSI PS-289/270 and H&S Ultra live and are far superior brushes. H&S brushes have their own issues.

[@leonnekrotiuk3607]

Thank you for so far the most impartial review I have practiced with lower end brushes and look to take the next step towards mid brush I am undecided between this one or ultra 2024 or even iwata eclipse hp-cs.please advise me on your thoughts.

[@ModellingWeekly]

My pleasure! It's a tough question, as it depends to a certain extent on personal preference, however I'd have to recommend getting an ultra as it's the best value you can get in my opinion 👍

[@leonnekrotiuk3607]

@@ModellingWeekly thank you I will be buying the ultra cheers

[@ModellingWeekly]

@@leonnekrotiuk3607 no worries! The German quality is unmatched, you'll enjoy it haha 👍

[@RedViking2020]

Agree. Iwata for the price it's better to get a more upmarket one as if you need to replace a needle at some point can be very expensive. The Gaahleri will come with 2 needles,gaskets and lube on the Ghad 39 entry level. But as you are going up a notch the Ultra will be great. Happy spraying and modelling

[@REKlaus]

I agree with your comment about the trigger. I too find it uncomfortable and sent that comment to Gaahleri. I have yet to see an airbrush, even the $400-500 ones, that would not have tip dry particularly with water based paint. A smoother finish on the needle helps, but do to the nature of some paints , tip dry is unavoidable.

[@ModellingWeekly]

Oh for sure, tip dry will always be there as you say. My observation was that some higher end airbrushes were able to handle it a bit better, however, so manufacturing quality and design definitely factors in.

[@FinsburyPhil]

As you say, it's down to price. If you do want to spend

[@ModellingWeekly]

Some good points indeed. I'm not too familiar with many trigger style airbrushes, so can't speak with much experience, but I do know that gaahleri does a couple of them www.gaahleri.com/products/gaahleri-airbrush-kit-airbrush-gun-ghad-68-dual-action-gravity-feed-set-0-38-0-5mm-needles-1-2-1-4-oz-fluid-cup and I've heard decent reports, so might be worth considering :) (Not an affiliate link btw haha)

[@johnsaenz9254]

Paasche millennium set airbrush is very good for wider spraying and primer

[@garyhunt4032]

I've got the Cheaper gaahleri ghad-39, it's not actually bad for £40, but it's no better than the cheaper fengda ones, the spare seals and lubricant are nice touch though

[@ModellingWeekly]

Yeah I know a few people who have the ghad-39, and that's pretty much the consensus I've heard. The mobius is better, but still lives in the shadow of its Japanese and German counterparts haha

[@johnsaenz9254]

You just need to learn to use half paint ,half reducer and play with the air pressure. Set the air pressure from 35 or up to 50psi. And always run thinner or reducer in between color changes.

[@lucamicalicapparelli4825]

Hi, I would like to ask you which are in your opinion the best airbrushes for modellers who build cars and motorbikes. Thank you.

[@deanjans3259]

I have a Ghad39 and cant fault it with the lacquers paints in using

[@jozuavanlangenhove6586]

I stick with Iwata and Harder & Steenbeck airbrushes.

[@ModellingWeekly]

Likewise :)

[@CorruptName1]

Why don’t people understand it’s pronounced “Gallery”

[@ModellingWeekly]

Didn't know it was 👍

[@csh5414]

Because not everyone is total pendant like you, that’s heard someone pronounce it. Ken Barlow.

[@HOBBYBEAT]

Well to be fair, 99% of the world doesn't pronounce "Iwata" correctly either, soooo. . .

[@tony_bird]

sketchy company working with a scammer 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 scammer being Studio G

[@ModellingWeekly]

I can't comment on this as I, and nobody else apart from gaahleri and studioG, know all the facts. I do however encourage everyone to do their due diligence in these situations. Pinned comment will be made.

[@JohnLorac]

I'm curious, what's so sketchy about this Gaahleri company? Can you explain your statement a little bit further?

[@tony_bird]

@@JohnLorac TLDR: Studio G scammed fans and customers out of money for kits, paints, ect. broke numerous import laws knowingly, then p much only “apologized” when people kept calling him out where it gets sketchy is his side project “G academy”, which was its own KZbin channel, that had his face plastered in every video was randomly named to “Gaahleri”, and the first major collaboration was with Studio G, the same dude that openly showed how much debt he was in on insta live (if i’m not mistaken) it got so bad that Gaahleri openly stated they were supporting him and going to help him pay off around 60K worth of debt out of the 80K he owed. this was after numerous people started posting negative comments on one of gaahleri’s posts it’s also odd to note how ANYONE can get a gaahleri airbrush for free, my inactive account with 90 followers and like, a 5 month gap of posts got sent one for free. If anyone can get one for free, a $60ish product, how are they making profit? the Studio G drama was only really known in the gunpla building community, and when it came out gaahleri was working with studio G, a lot of known gunpla “influencers” that were sent the airbrush proceeded to throw it out TLDR: Working with a known scammer is not a good look for a company IMO, especially when he isn’t really contributing… minus his “revolutionary” airbrush, iirc the GHAD-68, is pretty much identical to trigger style airbrushes found on amazon, minus the nozzle… lol

[@tony_bird]

@@JohnLorac idk if the original posted but TLDR: Studio G broke import laws, lied to fans, and accumulated a huge amount of debt, up in the 80K range what makes gaahleri sketchy is they give airbrushes to ANYONE who asks, my account with 90 followers and no posts for 5 months got sent one after asking also, the “Gaahleri Academy” was originally named “GAcademy”, with the original meaning being “Gundam Academy”, this account was ran by, you guessed it, Studio G, who also happens to be collaborating with Gaahleri it would be a bad look for a company to collaborate with a known shady person, especially to the extent studio G went. it was primarily only known in the gundam community until gaahleri started handing out brushes like candy in halloween. if you wanna look more into it, there is extensive posts, pictures, and forums regarding the studio G situation.

[@tony_bird]

@@JohnLorac if my comments don’t show up, idky they won’t but collaborating with Studio G, look into him, and you’ll see why a lot of people in the gunpla community do not like him idk if the original posted but TLDR: Studio G broke import laws, lied to fans, and accumulated a huge amount of debt, up in the 80K range what makes gaahleri sketchy is they give airbrushes to ANYONE who asks, my account with 90 followers and no posts for 5 months got sent one after asking also, the “Gaahleri Academy” was originally named “GAcademy”, with the original meaning being “Gundam Academy”, this account was ran by, you guessed it, Studio G, who also happens to be collaborating with Gaahleri it would be a bad look for a company to collaborate with a known shady person, especially to the extent studio G went. it was primarily only known in the gundam community until gaahleri started handing out brushes like candy in halloween