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>be building an old Tojo fighter kit
>everything going well, even 80s Japanese kits fit really well
>Still have to paint using cans because living conditions don't permit use of my airbrush
>kit came with the meatball insignias on white backgrounds as decals
>figure I can paint the white bands on instead to improve realism plus decals have yellowed significantly
>turns out harder than anticipated
>spray jobs keep creeping onto opposite sides of the aircraft no matter how much I mask
>three paint job attempts and still looks shit
>Also realize I left the area around cockpit unpainted so I could add zinc chromate over where the canopy covers later
>said area now looks sunk in after three layers of paint surrounded it
And I broke all the antenna off while masking too. I'm really disappointed. I even drove an hour to the city's Hobbytown just to grab some Tamiya IJA green.
