Suprisingly, the build is going rather smoothly - I've painted most of the inner parts already:
Steel and Gunmetal paints used (can't really see it in
the picture :))
Since those parts didn't need priming (they were +/- in the right color),
I've just painted them as-is. Then I proceeded with the first batch of
the "normal"/outer parts:
Damn 24 funnels... They are awesome, but a real PITA to cleanup and
paint =_=
Since those parts are nowhere near the colors I've intended for them, I
had to prime them first - so that the original colors didn't "bleed"
through. And this is where the magic began...
The Dream Team
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For those parts I used Mr. Surfacer 1200 - that's the finest grit, AFAIK.
As you can see, I also have the 500 grit - for filling some sanding
mistakes, nub removal mess ups, etc. And Mr. Color Thinner for thinning
(duh).
This was my first time using Mr. Surfacer via airbrush so I didn't know
what to expect... I've seen that Mr. Surfacer (I think the can version)
doesn't always work quite right so I was expection at least
some color bleeding, but boy, oh boy, was I pleasantly
surprised.
No color bleeding whatsoever! Amazing!
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I'm now officially a Mr. Surfacer fan - the stuff is amazing, it easily
primes the piece, while retaining all the details, panel lines, etc. And
it's quite efficient - for all those parts I used only 1.5 of my
psedo-Iwata airbrush's cup - it would have been less, but the funnels
look harder to paint than it seems.
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First batch primed - nice and easy
Coming up next: the second, larger batch gets primed, probably more
praising of Mr. Surfacer ;)