Great news everyone! (Patreon)

Great success! The paint is gone, and it went without a hitch. Almost! The VMS Clean Slate worked like a dream, I just poured it over the model with a pipette and then attacked the surface with a paintbrush. I had to rinse it with water and reapply the paint stripper several times, but the result was good, almost perfect. There were a few spots where the paint was more sturdy and I quickly wiped it away using lacquer thinner, but as you can see even that wasn't enough in some places! Resin holds paint very well for whatever reason, that small box on the rear fender just won't let go of it lol. Some residue was also left on the lower hull, but it's nothing horrible. It has no volume or texture, it's just stains. Could it be because I used Pigment Fixer when I was weathering it? It's a mystery... 

Also, a few parts fell off but it's nothing horrible. Well, it was built by a friend of mine, if I was building it, it wouldn't happen 😆I'm always very generous with glue. Unfortunately, I damaged the idler wheels while breaking the tracks off. As you'll see under close observation, the "ring" around the wheel came off with the tracks. I'm too lazy to cut a new one from styrene, so I'll probably take advantage of modern technology from the future and 3D print new rings. I also broke a couple of teeth on the drive sprockets but who cares, those won't be visible at all 😁

It's off to a good start!