bootneck Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 I have a build to do which has a mix of NMF and white finishes. Unfortunately there is no cheatline, to demark the separations between the white and NMF finishes, so thought I would ask in what order others do their painting. Normally, I would use Tamiya's grey primer base for the whole model; however, the NMF will be in Alclad and using their black as a primer. I think the white would still have the grey primer but not certain on this. My queries are: - is there an order of priming and painting mixes of media? i.e. alclad primer and NMF first, then standard primer and white followed - or vice-versa? - what is the best method for masking/demarking the NMF and white? I'm concerned about bleed/overrun of the two mediums - is there a 'special' way to paint NMF and white mixed liveries on models? I would be very grateful for any helpful advice on this; I've been building and painting models for over 50 years but NMF is a newbie for me. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 This is a very timely question for me, Mike because I need to do a C-47 in a similar scheme and was wondering the best way to proceed! (Sorry I haven't got the answer! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintsPhil Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 I would personally use white primer, Alclad my self but tamiya do white I believe, then apply the Alcald over the white. The only issue would be if you want to use the high shine paints, which need a gloss black under coat. In that case I'd go primer, gloss black then white then Alclad. I'm going to do something similar on a P-51 that's high shine NMF and Olive drab so I hope that'll work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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