To clarify a bit, I'm going to be doing mostly airbrushing.
So, though only 4 reolies at this point, seems some do, a few don't.
I didn't, in my early days, but found it was not needed, with Humbrol enamals, which I mostly used. I did start, at some point, most likely after reading about doing so in a modeling magazine.
During my longer period in model railroading, I tended to enjoy building structure kits more that any thing else. With those, especially the wood kits, it was almost a necessity, so it became habit. But you did almost all priming before you started assembly.
So that's the other half of my question, when does one prime? While parts are still on the sprue, as sub-assemblies, or when the model is almost completed? Priming isn't mentioned in a lot of build logs as such, and when it is, the point st which it is done never seems to get mentioned.
Thanks again, folks.
Jim F