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Posted by checkmateking02 on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 5:24 PM

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Posted by kiwicol on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 5:00 PM

My son started to do gaming figures and kept asking for black primer and them showed me that was most used. Maybe its better for fantasy figures or something. I will give grey a try on the next model. Thanks for your comments

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Posted by fox on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 3:53 PM

I usually try different primers on a donor model to see which one makes the finish coat look better.

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Posted by Bish on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 1:52 PM

Ye, an Alclad finish is the one exception where I have seen people use a black primer, I use black myself. Apart from Alclad, I have only just started using primer on models. I am using grey and one of the first kits I used it on was the panther for the D-Day GB. And you guessed it, that was grey plastic.

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Posted by waynec on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 1:18 PM

Bish

Welcome aboard. Not sure about people using black primer, most do seem to use grey. I think black would only be useful when do a very dark finish. 

most folks doing an ALCLAD all metal finishe will prome in black, some folks use black primer fore a pre-shading or shadowing. i  too use gray almost all the time. tried white before painting a white UN truck and had trouble seeing where i had painted

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Posted by Bish on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 9:02 AM

Welcome aboard. Not sure about people using black primer, most do seem to use grey. I think black would only be useful when do a very dark finish.

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Posted by Tojo72 on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 8:56 AM

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Posted by kiwicol on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 5:07 AM

Only new here but I have been modeling for a very long time off and on. Started with aircraft, moved to 1/25th trucks, gave up for many years now back into 1/48th & 1/72nd vehicles and 1/144th aircraft.

Question:In the old days everyone used white or grey as a primer but now I see black being used more and more. Can anyone please enlighten me as to the pros and cons of the white/grey v black. Surely black would not be easy to cover if the finished model was to be a light colour or is there more to it?

Looking forward to learning more from the people on the forum.

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