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At the 200 dollar mark you definitely have quite a few options for quality Airbushes/setups. I highly recommend taking a look at the Iwata HP-CS. I found mine on amazon for a helluva good price. Then see if you can pick up a compressor/moisture  trap set up. A tank with the compressor would be most ideal but it's not necessary for what you guys will be doing.

I got a Badger Krome Renegade on amazon for like $80 and an air compressor from Harbor freight for like $30 on sale (has a 3 gal tank and works fine, as long as you don't mind it being loud ... how loud? Loud enough that I can't listen to podcasts from my phone's speakers while airbrushing and I can't use it at night when people are trying to sleep).

Try an Iwata Neo or Revolution, or the Badger 105. They're all well regarded and reviewed and under $100 on Amazon. The Revolution is a bit more and I think you'll need to check if you want to a 0.3mm nozzle kit possibly, but I doubt it. p.s. for the compressor get a Masters one with a tank from TCP global. Having a tank is really important, and getting a bundle is good because it comes with all the bits of kits and doodads you need. 

I bought an Iwata Neo as my first airbrush and I find it really straightforward to use and clean, and availability of other parts seems good as well (I bought a different sized nozzle/needle for it a few months later). For the Compressor I went with the Iwata Silver Jet, which I appreciate when combined with the airbrush itself is outside the budget you've quoted, so I'm sure other have better recommendations there.

I bought a starter kit from ebay (tcp global iirc) that included a compressor with a tank and moisture trap and then just upgraded the brush itself after I saved up a bit more cash.

 

The eBay brush held me over until I picked up a nicer one fwiw.

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