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How do we make this a sticky?

Thanks all - lesson learned - I appreciate the tips to hopefully prevent this in the future.

Did you prime? Did you wash the model prior to priming? I did not Prime - I've taken to not doing as much priming here on Figure type kits - I did not wash the model - I've never washed a model and I've never had this issue befreo - but this is also the first Moebius kti I've built. Its also the fi...

What did I do wrong or forget to do ? Moebius models Invisible Man - using MM acryls - painted table - masked off the imprinted "papers" to paint them white, went to reposition a piece of masking (prior to painting) and it pulled up all the paint unnderneath. Pulled up the rest of the mask...

So, I've read both - always prime and then with the metalizers, no priming needed -

Whats the conssensus here?

Might look into the foil(s) that us fishermen use to finish spoons and lures -

http://www.barlowstackle.com/fishing-lure-tape.html

so I hit it with a good swabbing of MicroSol - it seems to have settled down to the 'almost not noticable unless you're looking' stage -

I'll remember the steps better the next time... thanks!

Strip the Dull-coat off, get new decals (the decals will come off with the Dull-coat) After re-doing the decals, Gloss-coat with the same stuff you put under the decals - THEN dull-coat Thats just it - since I undercoated with Testors Gloss coat, and overcoated with Testors Dull Coat (cans #1281 an...

ok - so I was finishing my Voyager kit - I had glossed with Testors Spray Gloss coat - did my decals and other touches - then went to dull coat with Testor's spray DullCoat. I now have some texturing in many of the larger decals - Is there anything that can be done to get them to smooth out again? T...

With MM Acryl 'clear' colors - Any tips to prevent the streaking/buildups? I usually try to do this by brush - I suppose the airbrush is better?

Tips?