Newbie Question..

Hey everyone..

I'm pretty new to modelling, but have done a few models previously. They werent bad, but well they could've done with some more expertise. Just recently i started on a new model, and the model came with the option of using recaro seats instead of the standard ones. The seats from the model are of black plastic, and i want to paint them red. I painted one red with a brush, using Humbrol enamel. The black is still very obvious, and it doesnt look great. Should i add a few more layers on top and keep going till it turns red? Or should i have used a primer and gone that route? How do you guys do it?! Do you guys do it for most of your parts that you paint aswell?!

Thanks :)

Red is very delicat paint and if you want real red like you think it should be you should prime the seat (best solution is white primer), but as another solution you could use silver (chrome) because it stays good on the black plastic, and then paint red over silver it wont be perfect but much better then without it. Black plastick is the worse base for painting, only black will look good on black, and some silver (but not all of them so try it first).

*d'oh* Looks like i'll have to strip the paint off the seat and start over!

Always tend to coat everything with a quick blast of white primer, makes the top coat stick better and covers the colour of the plastic.

Give it a shot of white primer, then spray/airbrush the red, it will come out more even and wont give you nasty brush strokes.

With Red Yellow and White, you always need a White Primer, even for seat or even stering

if you put too many coat, you will loose all details and it will still look dark

same as all above!