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                        Priming Metal Parts

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Priming Metal Parts
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 12, 2004 7:45 PM
                        Just received Tamiya's 1/16 R/C Sherman. Not an big fan of the particular tank, but at $411 to my door it was hard to resist (of course afterwards he offers me the Tiger I, King Tiger and Pershing at only about $80 more, next time). I'm a little while off this build but fishing for info to gather all the materials. I poured over the Tiger Group Build (great job guys!) but the sherman has more exposed metal. First, what is the best primer for the metal parts? I really want to stick to only acrylic and have an airbrush. My Tamiya flats and Iwata are perfect together but I wonder about their or other primers.
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                        spector822002
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: Southern Maine
                        Progress pix Jagdtiger ( henschell)
                        Posted by spector822002 on Friday, March 12, 2004 7:54 PM
                        I would use auto primer .... in a spray can hey millions of cars just couldn't be wrong ! But serious It works great , give it a try !Cool [8D]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 12, 2004 8:17 PM
                        I prime my models with Plasti-kote 'sandable' automotive lacquer primer. Comes in a spray can, I use the 'gray' primer. If by chance I get it on too thick I strip it off with Easy-Off oven cleaner, and then re-spray. Been doing it for years , and, I guess have gotten the hang of it.

                        Glenn

                        p.s.- I prime plastic parts, white metal parts, P.E. parts, whatever with the lacquer primer
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                        okieboy
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by okieboy on Saturday, March 13, 2004 1:43 AM
                        I used Plastikote on my Tiger. Worked great. I used red though since that's the color the Germans used primarily on their tanks.

                        Okieboy
                        "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harm." George Orwell
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