Flat base clear gloss coat? White primer Grey Primer?

[AllAlone.Gz]

Im building my self an integra type r and have just finished sanding it down and its now waiting for primering. I guess my question comes in a various ways.

1.Can I use the grey primer, sand it, then use a white primer?
2.Can I use a flat base color like a flat black and use a Clear gloss coat to go over it?

If so should I leave it primered grey only? White only? White and grey?

Sorry if all of this is confusing. It's my first time doing a good paintjob on a model car, and right now the paints and primers I just mentioned are the only ones i have with me and with christmas tomorrow most hobby shops are closed till tuesday and i wanna get this kit done before i go to work.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.
JayR.

[MPWR]

Relax. Let it go. Go to work, and come back to painting the body when you have both the time and the supplies to do it right. If you're trying to do your first good paint job, rushing through it is a great way to mess things up. Painting a body requires as much patience as paint. Don't ever use the wrong stuff because you don't have time to get the right stuff.

What exactly are you trying to do with the multiple primer colors? What color is the body going to be painted?

[Jaff_Cannon]

Your first few coats of primer would be grey and those layers of primer will help you spot out any flaws that yet need refining from the actual plastic. If your car is going to be grey or black then just spray 2 final coats of gray primer if you're sure of no flaws left on the body. Any other colour would require about 3 undercoats of white primer on top of the gray. I'm confused with your second question though; do you mean to ask if it is possible to gloss up flat black with clear? If you want the car body to be black with a shiny finish then I suggest to use ordinary black and just polish it out with compound/wax because unless you intend to create a matt finish to your car, you don't really need to use a flat color which is supposed to give out a flat appearance. But if you really can't find ordinary black and that's your reason for asking then yes, you can apply clear over your flat black and try to polish the clear to give out the shine. It's the hard way and I've never tried it before but I suppose it works.

[AllAlone.Gz]

Yea sorry for all the confusion.
What i meant to say is like can i get a "shinny" black finish from a flat black with a clear coat?
So then I guess im better off with buying a gloss black and polishing it off then right?
Well ill primer it out first, then ill debate on what to do.
But thanx for everyones help.

[stevenoble]

I would use grey primer under black,it will work fine and the black will cover it quite easily.I only use white primer on lighter colours,reds,yellows,white,pale blues etc.Anything darker I stick with the grey primer.From a personal view I would use a gloss black and polish this up to a shine.Although it's perfectly acceptable to use a flat black and clearcoat it,for your first paintjob,I would use the gloss black and remove the clearcoating stage altogether which I feel would make the painting process easier.