Enamel paints vs. Acrylics and application?

[nornicle]

Okay just one more Q (have had lots since I startedmodelling but no one to ask)

I use to use enamel paints on model planes (like when I was 13....) but disastrously ugly consequences.

then when I was 15-16 I painted a crud load of Games Workshop stuff with acrylics, and I never looked back.

Acrylics take alot of coats to paint properly.

But how do you use enamel? is it straight on top of any primer you've used etc?

btw I used little pots of humbrol...and my 2nd attempt at a model was a 32 inch long B52 (the Enola Gay) it was put together okay,but the painting sucked ass.

[RallyRaider]

Boy, you do have a lot of questions Richard!

Funnily I am the exact opposite. Love using enamels but hate acrylics! I only ever use acrylics for wahes and sometimes clear parts.

Don't really have any trick to using enamels - brush 'em, thin and spray 'em, no worries! So long as you don't paint them under laquers or over acrylics.

I think there are certain ways you can layer laquers, enamels amd acrylics safely but I take the view that they are best kept as seperate as possible.