I wish I could leave it like that, but the remaining decals are not going on easily.

And not staying on well.

I'm using Decal Set but they are still somewhat brittle (even with the clearcoat I applied to them).

They will still require some extra sealing.

Then there's the roof stripes, which I had to handpaint.

That will require clearcoat.

And I've got a few paint touchups over missing decal areas.

So, I will lose the lovely Aqueous paint finish, but I might be able to recreate the low gloss by using compound again on the final topcoat.

My first step is to test clearcoat again and try to avoid more wrinkling and orange peel.