Hi Andrea and everyone,
First of all, I liked your portrait and good to hear a talented artist getting back to airbrushing again. This is my impression after seeing your freehand painting here.
As it comes to Iwata prices, this is a hot topic for me. After many years I was glad to find an Iwata dealer in my country, but heck

...yesterday I asked for a quote for a Kustom Hi-line CH

It was almost 3 three times higher than the listing price....I wrote to a place in UK for them to give me a pricing, but unfortunately they cannot sell to Turkey because of their agreement with Iwata....

The dealer here gets these brushes from Italy (Anest/Morris Esteky-the region distrubutor), so he's (Aras Bolayir) the 3rd step in line. But still how it gets so expensive is not understandable. I don't think I'll phone them again as I belive it will be a total waste.....I don't think they can sell them around here with such attitude....
If you can give me any tips about how to get a normal list-price Iwata I'll be grateful. Paul, you always have ideas on issues as such, drop me a few lines if you want...
Cheers,
Can