Priming
By sheer luck I still had some red primer (VSP 70624 Red Primer) left so that's what I used instead of black. The front landing gear snapped off while moving the model, so after the paint had dried I superglued it back. Cursed flimsy bits.
Under the kitchen lights it looked like it was glowing radioactively.
Basic greyness
With the priming done I sprayed over it a good layer of the nice grey (VMA 71120 USAF Medium Grey). I didn't bother that much with the engine nozzles, or with the landing gear bays as I was going to repaint them completely anyway.
While playing with the grey I was a bit worried as I didn't have that much of this paint left, and the thickness of old paint was a bit of a question mark, I didn't even remember when I had used it the last time. Searching for my old posts using the colour code I had apparently started with it 10 years ago and I didn't remember buying a second bottle. It came through the airbrush at least decently as you could see, even if it wasn't as flowy as a freshly opened bottleful.
A change of plans
My original idea was to paint a couple of details now, like any darker openings and the engine plating. Maybe the metallics would've been easiest to paint straight on the primer and then mask them shut for the rest of the painting run. Now my plan and the 15min masking it would require made me rethink it. So instead of painting a tiny bit more we stopped here.
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