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You'd technically need white primer for this so the colours "pop"
Can't remember the last time i used primer on a model to be honest, i just clean the surface and brush acrylic paint on
That is interesting Colin as you use hand brushing. First I would like to know what paint you use & also what sort of finish you achieve ? Imagine with hand brushing you get a thicker finish & primer is not necessary.
I air brush & have found a great necessity to prime at least on the major parts. Little detail pieces would looked clogged with primer & ruin their features so I finish direct with the finishing coat.
On the present model I part finished around windows in the final colour without primer then glued in the windows. Gives a nice crips finish. Last night when I was wet & drying the fuselage with an 1500 paper I noticed how quickly the prepainted paint film disappeared. That would certainly not have happened with a primer.
May say that my experiment to finish the paint film in & around the windows before sticking in the windows is only a partially success. I should have primed these areas prior to applying the finish. Kicked myself as I think that with primer on the rest of the fuselage there will be a difference even though overlapped between the pre window finished & overall finish. It is only recently with the yellow element that I have realised the transparency aspect of model paints. Used I see with enthusiasm by the weathering experts.
The above is my experience with Vallejo
Model Air which is quite a thin paint.
Laurie