The paint is Aqueous (Mr Hobby) with the MrHobby thinner.

(It does not work with alcohol/water thinner that I can use with other water based paint)

I think the MrHobby clear would have been a good choice.

Why the thinned and airbrushed Rustoleum Lacquer worked well on the lower body,

and not on the other parts,

is a mystery to me.

But a different Lacquer clear, and the Krylon Crystal Clear, both have reacted in a similar fashion.

The weird blotchy dark patches seem to be a side effect of switching clear coat types during this.

Anyway, I have been wet sanding all day!...and compound polishing all the body parts.

I've managed to removed most of the wrinkles.

My compound has smoothed out much of the surfaces and returned the finish to a low gloss look.

I like the low gloss, more realistic than a high gloss, especially for this car.

(I've also repaired paint burn-throughs and did some fixes.)

I haven't been able to get rid of the dirty blotches on the bonnet, but thats okay.

I've gone back to my original plan of making this car look race driven...dirty, stained, and unclean.

I'm actually liking the damaged finish I have so far.

It just might work well with the race worn look.

Next step is attempting to get the striping decals in place.

I have coated the decal sheet with a thin coat of Krylon clear.

Hopefully that keeps the cracking to a minimum.

The roof - I am attempting a repaint of the stripes (since i don't have this decal).

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