My Academy CH53 is on of those jinx kits where everything seems to go wrong. At least the latest episode was self inflicted. Spent quite some time masking off the transparent nose using tamiya tape, a new no.11 blade and a bright light to see whare I was going. Deceptively tricky, that CH53 nose. Anyway, finally got to lay down some Tamiya NATO black as a first coat last night. Left that to dry overnight, then set to with the two tone grey camo colours (as the Academy nose is split along panel lines, I thought I'd paint the whole thing and attach it as a last step). Paint went on well, and I left it a few hours to go off before demasking. The tape came away perfectly, with good, sharp, clean demarcation. My very own unique version of the CH53E now has crystal clear cockpit framing and flawlessly camouflaged glazed panels.
No, I don't know how I didn't spot that either. I used to lick the paint from toy cars as a child, ok?