What the FAQ is up with Surfacer and Primer?

Welcome to What the FAQ, a new series of articles I’m writing to highlight some parts of the hobby I haven’t seen written out plainly and other information that feels more obscure than it needs to be.

Today’s topic is Primer and Surfacer! Both are staples in most people’s paint collections but did you know they serve different purposes?

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Etna and Prinny by Kamio Rintaro/Charagumin – エトナとプリニー 原型: 神尾 林太郎

This duo was a project several years in the making! I originally got this kit close to when I started the hobby, before I got my airbrush. With this kit, I experimented with adding white”shiny lines” to the kit to mimic light hitting it. I think it went okay.

They have been airbrushed from a white base, despite the coloured resin as I felt some of the colours (the Red and Blue specifically) were too “harsh”. The “black” resin was also a dark blue originally!
They were airbrushed using lacquer paints by Mr Hobby and Scale Modellers Supply.