Priming Nickel Silver

[Black5]

I have a Jamieson Nickel silver kit that I need to paint.

I take it I would need a primer coat and wondered if an ordinary automotive rattle can type would be good enough or would something more specific be required?

As I don`t have a spray booth at the moment I will need to wait for some decent weather to do it outside when I would be able to use my spray gun for final colour.

Many thanks,

Jim.

[michl080]

Jim,

 

priming nickel silver is easy. Paint holds much better than on brass. But then, I assume, your kit has brass and nickel silver parts, so you should use etch primer on the brass parts. If you do so, why not painting everything with etch primer.

 

Michael

[Black5]

Hi Michael,

Thank you for your reply. You`re correct in saying there maybe brass parts in the model, mainly because I had to detail it myself ( as it was only a basic parts kit ) and I`m pretty sure I used brass when I couldn`t get nickel silver.

So, I will look for an etch primer in due course.

Many thanks,

Jim.