My father does marine repair (and with the drought in our area that usually includes alot of one off hull repair). He is amazing with fiberglass repairs in my book and I am sure he has the materials lying around. I just bought a fiberglass canopy and would like to be able to do some modification and make a pile of them for some experience in working with the fiberglass itself and an airbrush.

I have seen some great airbrush work and would like to get to the point where I could do some basic paint jobs and start out from there with stripes and shapes. I love airbrushed work and think it would be a great alternative to the standard stickers approach. I am pretty much so in the same boat as you when it comes down to the scale approach...I can build it and make it look decent but it won't pass. Just because it isn't scale doesn't mean it won't look like it is.