thanks guys. I take your point Richard, it did seem I was impatient, but it wasn't that, was more that I was concerned I was asking a wally question. I have used the spray primers,
Tamiya Fine and halfords. It seems to me, in my inexperienced view, that the Halfords is better, which surprises me, and picking up on Terry's points about the colour effect with different primer colours, the darker primer makes the top coats more the colour expected, it seems to me.
I suppose the meain reason for wondering about painting primer on, is for being able to do it inside the home, as opposed to going to the garage to use the spray can. Yes, VERY lazy
Also, though, if I have had to correct some bad work which involves removing paint and surrounding primer, then I didnt really fancy using a spray can with it's big spray pattern, but rather, just apply primer to a specific area. Not sure I've explained that bit very clearly.
Although I do have an
airbrush and compressor (little used because of my novice status) I am trying to do as much work inside the house as I can, avoiding toxic sprays etc, and so am hand brushing paints (acylic & enamel). I am finding it very frustrating to find the right paints suitable for hand-painting (using lots of test bits of plastic) that also leave a good finish. I suppose I will have to soon learn to be good at the air-brush, but I don't want to abandon hand-painting just yet.
I think, no, I know, I'm guilty of seeing great models on here and finding very quickly that I can't do that standard model, and it's frustrating, sometimes demoralising. Maybe I'm expecting too much of myself at this stage, and I will have to accept some bad models until I become more proficient. I need to walk before I can run.