Had my first play

[VintageRacer]

My mask and paint arrived this morning, thanks Jon for great service (not sure how I managed to order 2 bottles of orange though, my fault, not yours).

Lesson 1: patience!
All things considered, I'm fairly pleased with my first attempt (practicing on scrap lexan cut offs). I don't think I waited long enough for the mask to dry and my blade was already used so not as sharp as it should have been which meant the mask was dragging a bit when I cut.

Also didn't let each paint coat dry properly and managed to put my finger in the red leaving a finger print mark with no red paint and a couple of red finger prints in the white!

My biggest concern was getting the pin-stripes thin and parallel and considering the above problems, I'm happy with the outcome.

Now I've got to fix my compressor Somehow managed to shear off a brass coupling when I was disconnecting my air hose. It must of been brittle as it snapped of very easily and it's left a piece in the thread that I can't get out Grrr.