My many thanks to all of you , as far as the primer goes , yeah a white primer probably would have been the best way to go , I didn't think about it until it was a little too late .
Living in Colorado Springs the winter is a bit unperdictable as well and I do all my modeling in the garage , I do use a 75,000 BTU kerosine heater to warm it up but can that effect the way the paints acting ?
As far as the gaps go , i have them filled now but what a great idea that is , never would have thought about that ! however the gaps in this model were very large and this is by far the worst model I've ever tried to build as far as gaps go .
Again thanks guys and any other helpful tips would be welcome , and if I knew how to post pictures I could show just how bad the gaps were .