At last…some progress to report! We finally got some nice weather up here in the mountains, so I was able to spray the bottom of the hull. I used Tamiya Dull Red lacquer, mixed 50:50 with Mr. Leveling Thinner. I had some spatter initially because the needle was not fully seated, but I addressed that and re-sprayed. I’m very tempted to peel the tape and look at the boot topping, but I need to spray the upper hull first, then we’ll see how it turned out. I’m heading to visit the Hornet a week from Friday, so I will be able to finish my research and hopefully start accelerating the build again. In the meantime, I’ve been keeping myself busy with this side project
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