Makes sense.  In other forums there were some who swore by lacquer based primers.  I think even Paul Budzik who seems to be very knowledgeable on scale modeling mentions this. But on the other hand I've heard acrylic is fine too.

Hmmm, huge topic eh'?  I've been watching a few videos of tank model building and painting and they all have varying levels of construction before the primer hits it. I have a Tamiya Sherman M4A3 tank model 1/35 scale that I want to try build as scale with weathering.  It will ultimately go into a small diorama.

Sorry for hi jacking RKrebs, I'm done now.   :