Small addition:
- Why is Vallejo primer inferior? It doesn't airbrush in too comfortable a manner, as your posts have also demonstrated. What's worse is it can hardly be sanded, so one of the basic purposes for priming (=detecting flaws on your model, correcting them and priming once more) is virtually impossible.
- Why is Alclad better? I simply can't imagine any better primer and I'll probably never try. Very easy to apply, very easy to clean airbrush. Only strings attached are need for ventilation and mask.
B.t.w. I'm a big Vallejo fan overall and will use their Model Air paints whenever I can, but can't see any use for their primer.
B.t.w. 2: sanding of primer is often a good idea and sometimes necessary to optimise results, for example to achieve a mirror-shine car body. On 1/35 it's a good idea to sand (or rather, polish) the primer slightly, although most no modeller takes the trouble. Unjustly so, in my opinion.
B.t.w. 3: there are more advantages of using a lacquer primer to using an acryl-based primer, such as that it can't be affected when modifying your 2nd layer of paint (=acrylic). Won't get into detail here though, if you have any question do ask.
- Why is Vallejo primer inferior? It doesn't airbrush in too comfortable a manner, as your posts have also demonstrated. What's worse is it can hardly be sanded, so one of the basic purposes for priming (=detecting flaws on your model, correcting them and priming once more) is virtually impossible.
- Why is Alclad better? I simply can't imagine any better primer and I'll probably never try. Very easy to apply, very easy to clean airbrush. Only strings attached are need for ventilation and mask.
B.t.w. I'm a big Vallejo fan overall and will use their Model Air paints whenever I can, but can't see any use for their primer.
B.t.w. 2: sanding of primer is often a good idea and sometimes necessary to optimise results, for example to achieve a mirror-shine car body. On 1/35 it's a good idea to sand (or rather, polish) the primer slightly, although most no modeller takes the trouble. Unjustly so, in my opinion.
B.t.w. 3: there are more advantages of using a lacquer primer to using an acryl-based primer, such as that it can't be affected when modifying your 2nd layer of paint (=acrylic). Won't get into detail here though, if you have any question do ask.
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