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Revell primer

Postby niteterror » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:40 pm

Hi all ive just got an air brush in the house and was looking at primers for figures.some family of mine who also paint various minis suggested revell aqua primer.Has any one had experience with this brand and if so what are your thoughts on it?
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Re: Revell primer

Postby timewizard » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:40 pm

Don't waste money buying paint labelled as "primer" because for an airbrush, you can prime with pretty much any paint you want.
You just have to get the consistancy of the paint correct.
Here's a link to a great airbrush site, has lots of tutorials and info.
http://www.howtoairbrush.com/
Good luck with it, you'll have to take pics and post your results!
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Re: Revell primer

Postby Spack » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:42 am

TW, I'd still recommend a proper primer as this will provide a good base for paint to adhere to. Just because it's an airbrush it doesn't change the adherence properties of the paint - proper primers are designed to adhere to the the base material (plastic, metal, etc) better than paint will, and it provides a better surface for the paint to adhere to.
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Re: Revell primer

Postby RotweillerofJustice » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:36 am

When I had my airbrush, Unfortunately it fell victim to a rather nasty ex during a split), I used to still prime with aerosol primers. I couldn't find a primer I liked for the airbrush.
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Re: Revell primer

Postby timewizard » Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:13 pm

@Spack - Good point. When I last used an airbrush (like 3 or 4 millenia ago!) I believe I used Tamiya paints which worked well for a primer coat, but I also was diluting them with denatured alcohol so maybe that was the difference.
You don't think the new acrylics would work well?
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Re: Revell primer

Postby Spack » Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:12 pm

I'm assuming that if you were using alcohol as a thinner that the paints were not water based acrylics? If so, then they'd likely have better adherence than water based acrylics and so you'd be able to get away with not using a primer.

With GW acrylics I'd never put paint on a figure without a real primer basecoat, whether with an airbrush, spray, or by brush. Had far too many occurrences of paint simply flaking off because it doesn't stick very well to metal/plastic/resin.
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Re: Revell primer

Postby estarriol » Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:14 pm

To be fair to acrylics, they are not designed to stick to those things either.
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Re: Revell primer

Postby timewizard » Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:16 pm

Good tip and good advice then.
The Tamiya specifically said to thin them with alcohol for airbrush use, so that was probably the difference.
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