Painting zinc model

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
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Hi

Newbie question alert. If I wanted to paint a zinc minature model would I need to prime this first or can I use a specific paint to go straight on to the model? See below link for what I want to paint and the result I want to acheive.

http://www.velonews.com/2014/06/news/toy-story-english-artist-creates-custom-cycling-figurines_330613

Had a look around the internet but couldn’t specifically find the advice I needed.

Cheers everyone! :slight_smile:

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A good primer intended for metal surfaces is really important. Long time ago I used zinc chromate primer in spray cans before that was outlawed. Now, I use auto body primer, such as Duplicolor, for metal kits or metal pieces.