Spraying White

I paint Model Master exclusively, and MM or Testors white is a bear to get coverage with. I have found any kind of primer under it, I  use Testors Flat Gray on just about everything, works good. Any light flat gray will work as a primer. After primer, I put MM flat white. Three coats is usually good. Then, if it requires a gloss white, usually one or two coats of MM gloss white on top of the flat is all that is needed to have a good gloss coat.

The white coverage topic has been brought up before, try a search as well. 

Anyways, if you can get Tamiya paints around your place you can try their fine white primer.  It comes in a can but lays down a nice thin and opaque enough coat for the white color.  Else Gunze offers their White Base 1000 in both spray cans and bottles, which you can thin down and spray from your airbrush.  My feeling is that primer dries faster so there is less time for the pigment to start slipping off the edges like those missile fins.

I think Floquil Reefer White enamel is the best covering white out there and there are many others who would agree.

Thanks guys

I'm building the Tamiya A-10 and was having hell spraying the dark green plastic white on the Mavericks. The A-10's my favourite bird, so I wana make it good, whats yours?

Scott, I disagree. Enamels do not necessarily cover better, especially in white and other light colors. Hide, as it is properly called, is related to pigment load and pigment size. When a paint is reduced for spraying, pigment load is functionally reduced.

To get better hide with white, paint silver first, then overcoat with white. Metallic paints generally have tremendous hide, and lend brilliance to a white overcoat. For yellow, use gold metallic.

I mostly use acrylics when spraying except when it comes to white, I then use enamels as the are offer a far better coverage, or have you tried car spray as this is better then just normal paint especially in white.

Scott.