Paasche TG-Talon Airbrush

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The Paasche Airbrush company is a well known name in Airbrush industry. It is established in 1904 by Jens Andreas Paasche, a gunsmith by trade, and it constantly grows for over a century.

The airbrushes are used by fine artists and photo retouchers, in the Hobby Market for painting planes, trains and automobiles, in the Craft Market for painting fabric, wood, leather, plastics, ceramics, etc., for decorating cakes and pastries with food coloring, by Taxidermists and even for finger nail painting, airbrush tanning , temporary tattoos and painting wall murals. The newest addition to the Paasche Airbrush line is the gravity feed TG- Talon. The Talon was designed to be high end airbrush and will deliver the highest level of detail and control. The Talon comes packed in a black case with foam insert. The example I’ve got for testing Talon TG-SET includes Talon Airbrush, hose, Allen Wrench and a Wrench for disassembling the Tip. At the first look I must emphasize that I was very pleased with the beautiful design of the Paasche new airbrush, it is simply adorable.

Paasche airbrushThe main body of the airbrush is made of chrome plated parts, with the aft handle and Anti-spill cap in Orange colored Aluminum, ensuring it completely safe to spray lacquer thinners. The needle has a high pitch adjusting screw at the end of the handle, which is a welcome help to spray constant width lines. Of course you can leave it open to allow full amplitude trigger stroke. The trigger and air valve have been redesigned to allow for a smoother stroke as well as ease of assembly and durability. This design is simplified then on the other Paasche Airbrush models like VSR90, and it works even better.

The nozzle cap has only a protective function, avoiding a complete exposure of the needle. And since the nozzle is 0.38 mm, the needle is very fragile at its end. Too bad an extra needle is not provided. When I removed the air cap to access the fluid nozzle, another great surprise came, no seals present so as other Paasche models Talon is absolutely thinner resistant. A common feature of high performance airbrushes is their ability to spray without the needle cap attached. This feature is particularly important to spray very fine lines, since the needle cap always produce some turbulence when the atomized paint leaves the nozzle. The gravity feed cup has an 11.8cc (.4 oz.) fluid capacity, which will allow you to load enough paint for a large project. It comes with an orange aluminum lid to avoid paint spills.

Very important feature for all the Airbrushes is that they must be easy to disassemble, primarily because all the Airbrushes need a proper cleaning in order to function properly. I tried using the standard cleaning method I always use to clean this Airbrush and it worked just fine. First I cleaned the cup using the dump of cotton fabric and then filled the cup with cleaner and sprayed it. After removing the tip and the aft handle and release the needle chucking nut you can choose weather you want to extract your needle on front or on back of your airbrush and clean it separately as well as the nozzle. Cleaning the remains in the cup is easy because you can easily reach any spot with a cotton swab.

I primarily use the Airbrush for painting Airplane plastic model kits as well as from time to time for vehicles plastic models. Talon does the job just fine, weather you need to do a simple one color scheme or smoke rings on Reggia Aeronautica Italiana airplanes or some interesting mottling. This is an excellent Airbrush for plastic modelers, its price of about 150 USD and cheap spare parts make it most wanted. I think my old airbrush has just met its successor. It remains for us to wait that Paasche release other tip sizes and needles and I am sure that I am going to work with Talon for a long time.

This product is highly recommended!

New Features Include:
– .38mm Nickel Silver Tip
– .4 Ounce (11.8cc) Cup with Cover
– Cut-Away Handle w/Pre-set Needle Stop
– Crown Aircap
– New Style Trigger, Piston and Air Valve
– Additional Head Sizes to Come in the near future

Darko Mladenovic

Sample provided by Steven Pettersen from Paasche air brush company

25 thoughts on “Paasche TG-Talon Airbrush

  1. Hello Darko!

    Thank you very much for the review of the vsr90 and now the Talon. I like the fact the vsr comes w/2 needles, and interchangable color cups, so I’m thinking of getting the vsr. The Talon seems to only have 1 (large) needle and a fixed color cup. So I’m not sure what the advantage of the Talon could be. Can the Talon draw lines just as thin as the vsr?

    Thank you again for your help and efforts!

    Regards,

    Eric

  2. Hi Eric,
    Thank you for interest in my article, as you could read Talon comes with 0.38 head size but very soon in new head sizes will be available.One smaller and one larger head sets are to be released, I expect in a literally few days I will have them on review.
    Talon TG has few major advantages over VSR as the trigger works smoother and the Airbrush is much lighter as well as the needle has a high pitch adjusting screw at the end of the handle which is very handy.
    At the moment Talon with 0.38 head could not provide same thin lines as VSR with 0.25 head.
    No meter which airbrush of these two you choose I am sure you will be satisfied.
    Best regards,
    Darko

  3. Hi Darko:

    Thank you for the quick response. I guess I’ll wait to see what you think of the optional needle sets, and then make a decision.

    Thanks again,

    Eric

  4. Hi,
    Darko, you helped me a lot with choosing an airbrush. I could not find any materials and opinions about Paasche Talon until now.
    I’m interested in the model very much, especially about Your expierirnce with smaller needle sets (like Eric above).

    Have You tried one ? Describe Your feelings about it.

    BR,
    DrWycior

  5. DrWycior thank you for your comment,
    Unfortunately I still haven’t received other head sets, so I haven’t tested them yet.
    I hope they will arrive soon enough and as soon as that happens I will immediately write a review and for sure test those on my workbench.
    I am very sorry about this delay but it’s not up to me…

    Best regards

    Darko Mladenovic

  6. Mr. Darko

    Thanks for your review on the Paasche Talon. I am thinking of getting one, can you tell me since i have been hearing nothing but rumors. Does the Talon allow you to spray enamels? I build 1/48 jets and I use Model Master Enamels.

  7. SpitfireNut22,
    Thank you for your comment.
    Regarding your question about colors the answer is Yes,it allow you to spray enamels.
    I have sprayed so far with Tamiya, Gunze, Model master and Humbrol Acrylic paints and Humbrol, Model Master (and Model Master Metalizers), Revell, Precision, Molak, Xtra-color enamel paints and also some Ukrainian Nitro based enamels.
    So far for spraying Enamel paints I used White Spirit, Nitro, Model Master and Revell thinners,and Talon works just fine…
    My conclusion is that you can use all colors available for Scale Modeling.

    Best regards
    Darko Mladenovic

  8. hi darko
    have you experienced the o.25mm head of the talon?
    how good is it for really fine details?
    is there a big difference between the 0.25 and the 0.38 heads?
    i usually build 1:48 aircraft models with very complicated color schemes.
    thank you
    guy

  9. Hi guy,
    Yes I have worked with 0.25mm tip for Talon, and I find it sutable for our purposes. The difference between 0.38 and 0.25… Well you should see the difference when you do the motling on Luftwaffe subjects or I persume when doing a smoke rings cammo on Reggia Aeronautica subjects. I would recomend obteining both these head sizes, but it is only me, the final decision is up to you.
    I use 0.38mm for priming the kit and applying finish, and 0.25 is for cammo and weathering in my case.
    All the best,
    Darko

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