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Its not worrying if it is grainy as it adds a nice weathered feel to the model but i followed the rule of distance and temperature for when priming and it still feels a little grainy is this normal or is it meant to be smooth?

usually pure black primer is very smooth and white is a little grainy

a not so smooth coating is preferred as thi colour sticks better on the surface

Ah good the thing is from looking at it that it does look smooth you can see all the details but touching it you get a grainy texture.

That's pretty common with some primers. The old Armory stuff used to feel like a fine gritty chalk when applied, etc. You can also get a fuzzy result due to humidity sometimes.

You can take that layer off with a soft bristle toothbrush and redeem them pretty quickly,

I'd always prefer a smooth surface to paint on.

Rik