I'm now close to finishing the painting of my corvette hull, and need to pick the collective brains please!
Since the hull has to be painted whilst there is still a lot of work to do on the rest of the ship, she will have to be handled quite a bit - hence the finish on the hull needs protecting. Many questions!
Is it best to airbrush on the Klear? if so should it be thinned and how should I clean the brush after? How many coats?
When and how should the decals be applied? I'm assuming they are the waterslide type I remember from my youth, and I know that in theory I can use Klear to avoid any silver outlines, but how do I actually do this?
Once the decals are on should I add another coat of Klear over the entire hull, decals included, to seal everything?
What is the best product (preferably available in the UK) for dulling down the surface afterwards? I plan to apply this when all construction is complete - the idea being that any finger marks etc picked up during the build could just be wiped off the Klear coat; is that reasonable?
Apologies for the long post and thanks in advance for any tips!
Graham 'Rip' Townsend