Very helpful information. Thanks for sharing your efforts. I personally find this thread as well as many others on here to be a great help. Im still learning from everyone here constantly. It seems theres always something new or some little trick to be found.
I dont think there will ever be a single best way to finish a plane(or build for that matter). We all end up at the airfield, how we choose to get there is all up to us.
I picked up a can of polycrylic today on my way home so time to try a couple tests. Ill try and measure the weight as close as possible so we can compare results.