It wasn't fun. I'm still wondering if I'm going to fly paint off....
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As I said before, the paint adhesion on this model is one of the worst I've seen. Freewing's process seems to me to be much better, but is the foam molding process so much different between the two? Even in repainting the raw foam nose cones, priming did not work as well (even after cleaning it profusely with alcohol several times) as with other models and even after coating with spar urethane several coats, light trim masking wanted to lift everything off.
I do feel that after 4 coats on the entire jet after finishing that it gave it a somewhat better "shell", so if you find the paint "flying off", you may want to add some clear coats. I'm sure you don't want to alter the matte finish that looks so realistic, but maybe if you try the matte or satin urethane finish, it won't change the look. BTW, forgot to say how much I like your canard wing modification. Your bird REALLY stands out from the crowd. Bravo!
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