Hey, Scott, getting up to date with this build of yours - a very cool subject, and I'm digging your plans for the dio.
As for the lifting paint - remember, that even not a 100% perfection would be reached after airbrushing, the majority of the alcoholic kids work can be hidden with the help of a magic word - "weathering" ;) ;)
I know what I'm talking - at least for me it always helps to mask my real volumes of drinking ;D