Painting

I'm  a firm believer in priming.  Occasionally I will hand paint a very small part without priming, but for larger stuff- anything I paint with airbrush or spray can, I always prime.

Incidently, for help on painting, there is a whole forum on painting and airbrushing, down near the end of the full list of forums.

Hi :

I have to go along with Don on this . If you prime first , the paint will definitely stick , No Matter What ! It will be smoother and very much closer to the color you've chosen as well. Primer also lets you work out any flaws you may missed in finishing the model .    Bye !

Renfield47,

I'm starting to prime more and more.  Normally I don't but after discovering the joy that is Tamiya primer in the rattle can, I find that I love using the stuff.  Personally, I like to use it more as a filler of those last little scratches that I didn't smooth out the first time around.  Also, if there are TINY gaps in the fuselage or wing-to-fuselage joint, it'll seal those up as well.  Note that I said that those gaps have to be VERY slight.  The primer is great stuff but it's not a magic cure all.  LOL!  I wish it was but, either way, it's still phenomenal stuff.

It goes on amazingly smooth!  It's like buttah!  I never used to prime any of my models but now I'm doing it more and more.  It really does give the following coats of paint something nice to grab onto.  My favorite so far is the Tamiya primer but I've also had no issues at all using the Model Master primer.

Eric

You can eliminate a few unforeseen problems by priming.