Primer...its not that necessary!!

[hirofkd]

Originally posted by tc3house
this is just a thought, but if you guys are using primer to give the body a neutral colour then why dont you just give the body a light coat of white paint. this way you dont have to worry about orange peal.

personally i dont like primer, i've painted two models using P-Man's guide, one with prime and one with out. the one with out primer looked a lot better than the one with primer. look at my sig i didnt use primer on the R-34 and i did use it on the ITR

In my opinion, both can be better.
The R34 still has a translucent plastic look. Real car has a solid deep and wet look of metallic.
The orange of the ITR is dull, because you didn't use base coat, such as yellow or tan. As a result, orange was spoiled by primer. But it doesn't have translucent look of plastic.

Indeed, using primer is optional, depending on the final color, and it's also true that primer won't automatically make a good model.

[ChopinPorkChop]

There is only one thing to say, TRY IT, dont listen to what everyone else says because everyone has their own technique... so try it urself