Primer needed for Mr. Color?

[B2Blain]

Do I need to lay down a coat of enamel paint before I apply a lacquer based paint?

 

Thanks!

[Kurt H.]

Mr Color will not attack plastic. It is a lacquer but it is not hot, and will not craze plastic.

 

I like to use a primer on everything, it gives a consistent surface upon which to apply paint.  It also gives you an opportunity to verify sanding and putty work,

 I would also use a lacquer primer, you might have an issue where the Mr. Color could attack enamel, I have never tried it, so I do not know for sure.

 

When I paint a model with Mr. Color I like to use Mr. finishing Surfacer 1500 as primer. 

 

What are you working on?

 

[dnl42]

I'll use Tamiya or Mr Primer rattle cans or airbrush Mr. Surfacer or Mr White Base under Mr Color for the reasons Kurt noted. A primer coat is especially needed under white or yellow colors, just as it is with Alclad. I use a 0.7mm needle for Mr. Surfacer and Mr White Base; I find a 0.3mm needle too fine. For 1 1/144 F-4F, I used Mr White Base for coverage and then just laid a wet gloss white coat atop.

 

I thin with Mr Leveling Thinner to make sure I get a nice smooth coat. I also keep the nozzle quite close, between 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches; the paint must be wet when it hits the surface.

 

Once you learn to use them, Mr Color paints are very nice!

[B2Blain]

Thanks All,

I took a year off from building anything and I recently started using Mr. Color.  I working on two 1/48 Hasegawa Super Hornets. I was using model master enamels to put on an initial coat and couldn't get the paint to come out nicely from the airbrush.  Maybe I should have thinned it more. Or I might need to replace the head and needed on my airbrush.

[dnl42]

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