This is the best Christmas thread ever!!! I have my sample piece all painted. I glued some 1/16 balsa on a piece of 1/4 ply. I used old (all my stuff is really old) deft sanding sealer, and then elmers wood putty. Sanded with 200 grit. Then Silkspan using water based Minwax from a rusty can. I had some left over Krylon primer. It was too hard but I was able to sand it off. Then I used automotive sandable primer. I sanded that to 400 grit. Then two coats of krylon white. Not sanded. I’m just using left over stuff to get the technique down. In some light I can barely see a couple of micro- wrinkles from the silkspan. It’s the best paint job I ever did! I’m ready for the next step. How to handle paint ridges when I paint over the white. (Wet sand?) Painting a design and proper masking. And then clear spraying. I have no idea how to proceed.