F-104 Starfighter – Horrible, complete failure

The devil’s glosscote. If you model, don’t buy Krylon Colormaster Arcylic Crystal Clear. It destroys metallic finishes!!!!
Don’t do what I did.
I made a stupid assumption and didn’t read the label. I made the assumption that two Krylon spray products would work with each other. Well they don’t.
I don’t know what this hellish gloss coating is supposed to be good for if not for coating something you already painted. And ideally I guess the same company products. No, that’s not what it’s for. It’s for complete ruin of something you were really happy with. It’s for crushing dreams.
That’s pretty dramatic, but boy was I bummed. It just melted that gorgeous finish I had.
Remember this? The shining streak of aluminum? Gleaming image of the jet-age?

Yup, now it’s the hulking wad of pewter. The dream jet of Plymouth Rock puritans everywhere. What a steaming pile this has become. I put on the decals out of some spirit of putting this one to rest. I can’t possibly strip all that spraycan paint off and redo this.

This one crashed and burned.
