riojin: thanks mate thats a great help, and thank you for the tip to get the grainy effect thats just what im after

dish: thank you mate will pop down to repco or the likes and get some paint and primer, any pacific brands that i should use? ive used k and h for something else and it seemed pretty decent, so yea may use that or if any one can recomend something better im all ears, thanks for the replys guys!!

cheers joe