Hi

I have just started to paint my 1/5 Hawk and I am dealing with some minor issues:

I have followed the following approach:

Sanded the all airframe with 1000 grit wet
Sprayed a 2K primer very thinned for better adesion
Sprayed a 1K acrilic base paint (not water based) and then apply water decals
Sprayed a 2K acrilic clear lacquer

The results are great, but I am not very happy and stoped after this part because the 2K clear lacquer is very thick: the issue is that the detailed rivets and surface details almost disappear and this is due to the thickness of the lacquer (not very clear in the photo). I am using 2K Spies Hacker automotive lacquer (high solids) and the manufacturer recomends not to use more than 20% thinner.

I guess that I am about to change clear lacquer and would like to know what do you expert painters use. I would like to use a 2K lacquer, so please no feed back for 1K

The base paint I am using is like automotive but it is not waterbased, it is like the old automotive technique of acrilic 1K base paint (no longer in use due to environmental regulations).

Maybe it is wise to use 2K polyurethane as a base colour and then a very thinned 2K clear coat. What do you think?

I have read this thread http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_95..._1/key_/tm.htm , but LGM is sparying the clear as I am (no excessive thinner), but I guess the firebird does not have rivet detail.....

Links to technical articles welcomed....

Best regards

Nuno