That was some bad luck with the masks and also lifting up of the paint, good job on fixing it. I've had problems with paint, even primer lifting up before, I pretty much only use acrylics. I now scuff up the plastic slightly and sometimes I will use an adhesion promoter spray that I get at automotive supply stores, sprayed on plastic car parts before they get painted. Seams to help some.
Thanks! I did a couple things wrong. I was using a craft acrylic paint for the blue. Craft store acrylic can be airbrushed but this particular brand is a little "rubbery" for several hours after laying it down. Also, my airbrush was out of alignment and I was having issues just getting paint down...so it ended up too heavy. When I removed the masks, it was still in a rubber like state. Oh, the masking tape I used was meant for sensitive surfaces, which is good...except that it was like 15 years old and was extra sticky. Thus, some of the olive drab got lifted...
Lots of lessons learned and time lost. This project should have been done months ago.
So bought a decal sheet for the RAAF roundels off of eBay. I think I paid too much but that was all I could find. They went down okay but some of the white flaked off...so I had to touch them up.
The microscale decals I used for this plane are 40 years old...but they went down perfectly! Go MicroScale!!!
I have done a light clear coat over the decals followed by dark grey Tamiya panel line accent product. You have to acrylic clear because removing the excess Tamiya requires an enamel thinner.
Here are some pics of the landing gear alignment. This is the second attempt. The first attempt they were raked too far forward...so I ripped them out last night. Little bad luck but not too bad.
