After some failed attempts with Vallejo, I currently always use Mr. Hobby Aqueous Black Surface 1000. No problems with clogging up details, lets itself brush paint and spray. It doesn’t smell and is very hard.
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I tried Vallejo white primer out of their spray can for the first time this year, and it really is garbage…
Rustoleum black primer works very well for me, but I’m planning on testing Mr Surface given the unanimous positive support it gets.
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I have used a few of those 18 Bravo figures in little vignettes of mine. But I’ve done a few for friends by changing the head. SF seems to attract more than the normal percentage of left handers. And that was the original intent of the figure - to do some left handed figures, which there are damned few of. Lee simply asked for some photos to work with.
The 3D printed figures are Toucan’s Twin 40mm Bofors crew, both with life jackets and without. Excellent figures, by the way.
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Fair enough re tight spaces, although usually that can be headed off at the pass by priming/painting intricate sub-assemblies before installation.
Regarding primer durability, agreed most won’t stand up to much abuse any more than the paint on top of it will.
(Heresy Warning) For that reason, many years ago I began to prime most AFVs/military vehicles not with primer at all but a Steel enamel (Humbrol, Testors), over which I’d paint cheap artists’ acrylics. The latter were easy to gently sand off to reveal the underlying “metal” where desired, which was surprisingly durable. Some of these models are nearly 30 years old now and haven’t deteriorated at all. The acrylics will probably fade over coming decades which is fine by me, they’ll look even more realistic.
But for cars, planes, figures etc. I’m still waiting for Tamiya primer to let me down.
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