Hi all, I'm going to try and build my first dio. It's part of a french village made in the UK by Great someting. It's complete with road and a few walls. Assembly is stright forward, but how do you paint plaster, do you have to prime it first or can you just start firing away. Can you airbrush, or is it better to use a brush. Anybody got any tips or point me in the direction of a website ??
Thanks for any help.

Hi, I think the one you mean is by Great North Roads. If it is ceramic plaster, you can paint straight onto it with no problems. If it's ordinary plaster then you're best first painting it in a weak solution of white glue in water. This will seal it and stop it from absorbing all the paint. Hope this helps!

Vinnie

Hi,

Under the features section on this site you have this wonderful article from Keith Magee
"Preparing plaster dio kits "
https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/15

It should give you most answers you need ( i need to reread the article myself)

Cheers
Claude

Vinnie has you covered on the sealant side of things.
As for brush Vs Airbrush - airbrush all the way, it gives a nice even finish and on larger pieces is much quicker than a brush even taking into consideration cleaning time.
Shep Paine's "How to build dioramas" covers your questions very well - actually it's an excellent book entirely and one that I still love to pick up and flick through regularly.
cheers