I didn't know what I did was "extreme". I just did a better prep job than I had been doing in the past. Its common knowlege that the key to a good finish is a good prep job. I just wanted to give myself the best chance of getting a good covering job. And the whole thing didn't take an extra hour to do.

I have a friend building a full size Falco and you have no idea of the amount of prep thats going into that plane before he ever sprays the first drop of paint.

Topflight and GP probably just appreciate people who care enough to give thier product a chance to work instead of going to an internet forum and complaining about thier product because they are too lazy to get the dust off the model before trying to cover it.