Evo Finished

[Prelude2War]

[integra818]

DO you primer before you spray the paint??? It doesnt look like it...

[Jonno]

Can we get a close up of that back window

And a bit of info about the model would be nice:finger:

[Blackout]

what is the difference in appearance if someone were to use primer before spraying?

[integra818]

for some strange, mysterious reason, a car looks better if it has primer on the body before its painted


Read the FAQIN FAQ

[Jonno]

Originally posted by integra818
for some strange, mysterious reason, a car looks better if it has primer on the body before its painted


Read the FAQIN FAQ

Because the paint has something to stick too (I believe...)

FAQIN FAQ?

Lay off the N00B!!1

[djmr2]

uhhh
u can't tell if it has primer or no primer
the top coat will cover the primer anyways..

integra818 sniffs too much plastic cement

[djmr2]

it doesn't look better because it has primer to stick to

paint will stick to the plastic, but not as well as it'll stick to the primer.

appearance wise, there's no visual differences.

[integra818]

Originally posted by djmr2


integra818 sniffs too much plastic cement

SO YOU'RE THAT PUNK THAT LOOKS THROUGH MY WINDOW WHEN I'M MAKING MY MODELS!!!

The first post I made was done as kind'of a joke, I know about the primer and I know what it's for :finger:

If you don't think primer makes a difference, wait till you see my old kits( without primer) and new kits( with primer)

[magicmanjk808]

how about more pics?

[djmr2]

seeing one kit and seeing another with primer doesn't give me any proof that a model used with primer will give better results in the final appearance..

there's so many factors that can be taken into consideration, you can't isolate it to just being the primer is what makes the paint look better..

maybe u just had a lucky break and the paint settled very nicely.

Primer just lets your topcoat stick better, instead of trying to stick itself to smooth plastic.

so, unless u can give me facts and figures, i don't believe!! :frog:

[integra818]

SInce I found out yuo have to use primer, I have painted one body with primer before paining it, and it is the best paint job I've ever done, and the color seemed alot nicer that a model my brother made with the same paint without primer

[Jonno]

Not wanting to start a flame war (*HINT HINT*!!!! ) but I do believe that primer does make a HUGE difference. It fills in any minor imperfections in the plastic, helps with flash, and leaves a nice even colour to begin the spraying on. And if you undercoat a model in Grey, then paint it red, it is going to come out a different shade as if you undercoated the red paint with white.

Ask Pman, Guiddy I have heard both of them say that "primer is a must"

Now that I hope that I have gotten that out of the way, as it is getting off-topic, lets get back on-topic! :finger:

[djmr2]

dood, primer won't make ur paint job nicer

so you got lucky, maybe the air temp was right, the humidity, the distance from the model u were painting... etc.

the only thing you'll probably notice is the color of the plastic doesn't bleed through some paint..


I TOO have painted models with and without primer
without primer, same dilly, except i can see the body color of the plastic from certain angles.

and it's not the primer that makes the paint nice, it's how it's FINISHED.

[Jonno]

Originally posted by djmr2
dood, primer won't make ur paint job nicer

so you got lucky, maybe the air temp was right, the humidity, the distance from the model u were painting... etc.

the only thing you'll probably notice is the color of the plastic doesn't bleed through some paint..


I TOO have painted models with and without primer, without primer, same dilly, except i can see the body color of the plastic from certain angles.

and it's not the primer that makes the paint nice, it's how it's FINISHED.

:hehehe: