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    #1

    Primer as base coat

    So ik building a big kit and my primer is white and the ship also needs to be white. So is it oke if I don't put white paint over the white primer because I'm gonna seal it anyway with a. Clear coat so....?
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    #2
    I use a different primary colour so I can see where I need to spray next colour, otherwise I may miss areas. You could use a light grey?

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    • Guest

      #3
      Originally posted by Topcat
      I use a different primary colour so I can see where I need to spray next colour, otherwise I may miss areas. You could use a light grey?
      Yeah but I mean can I just use white primer and than a clear coat because if I would have to spray white paint over it it would cost way more money

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      • Jim R
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        • Apr 2018
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        • Jim
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        #4
        Hi Levi
        I think using the primer as a base coat would be fine. Some modellers do not use a primer anyway, just paint on the base coat. So only a single coat.
        Jim

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          #5
          I normally use white primer as the only paint if I need the model to be white but the material isn’t. It covers better than normal white paint, and I don’t see the point in putting white paint over white primer unless it’s to make it gloss, for example.

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          • Guest

            #6
            I've done that before, I had an Airfix old tool 1/72 Defiant in an all black night fighter scheme and it came out very well.

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