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Yes a question!!
Going to use enamels for brush painting, first time
Do you need a primer??
Going to use enamels for brush painting, first time
Do you need a primer??
Appreciated Jakko, will practice first with thinning ratiosNot necessarily I’ve painted tons of models with enamels without ever having heard of primer.
That’s what I was reminiscing about too Humbrol straight from the tin to the model.Same as Jakko.... At least in my youf......
Indeed..... And even more I still have nightmares about how badly I did..... My Sherman in particular..That’s what I was reminiscing about too Humbrol straight from the tin to the model.
During lockdown I made my first model since the late 1970s and that's exactly what I did. I didn't realise there was now an alternativeThat’s what I was reminiscing about too Humbrol straight from the tin to the model.
Not for paint adhesion but what about seams and build flaws?Yes a question!!
Going to use enamels for brush painting, first time
Do you need a primer??
If the paint adheres well enough by itself, I don’t see a need for primer. All enamels I’ve ever used don’t need it on plastic, and neither do Tamiya and Mr. Hobby acrylics — you need to put in a fair amount of effort for any of these to rub off. Water-based acrylics typically adhere less well, and most model paint applied to resin or metal benefits from a primer too, though.Why do some people not use [primer] I'll never know.
Nothing to do with the paint though is it Jakko. That’s due to the comparative weights of the figures. If you carry metal figures loose in a box the energy produced by the impacts would remove any paint you care to name.I’ve got hundreds of hard plastic wargames figures painted primarily with Tamiya acrylics, none of which I primed and all of which still have a perfectly fine coat of paint on them despite having been chucked together into a box for transport lots of times. Do that with metal figures, though, even with primer, and you’ll soon have bare spots showing through.
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