TAMIYA has two plastic kit primer marketed as SURFACE PRIMERS. comes in two colors WHITE and LIGHT GRAY. If the model im painting is white or other color I use the LIGHT GRAY. if parts of the model that will be painted with clear colors such as nav light I use WHITE.
NOTE: Why WHITE for Nav lights? clear red/green/blue is easier to paint on a white background because they are thinner than other paint colors.
Hope to have helped ya!
Buddha