I'm going to be restarting the project on the P-61 Black Widow and one of the P-38 Lightnings. The second one has been sitting on my shelf waiting for me to get off my ass and perfect line shading, but I've learned I need to hold off on detailing until I can get an air brush/compressor. The damage on the other two models, has only been mildly relative, though I originally feared I had lost all of them. As it is, I'll just be salvaging those and using them as my test pieces if I don't cannibalize the parts for other projects. With a little heat treating, I found I could bend some parts back into shape but others do require a more delicate touch. I suppose only a small handful have wondered about what I've been doing model wise. Not much, outside of monthly Falcon parts as to which I have a nearly finished bottom half now (minus the mandibles).

Regardless, instead of using automotive paints which I planned on, I'm finding that Tamiya products in conjunction with automotive primer is the best solution. Less gobbing, less over spray, and definitely less hassle. Line washing of course is still an ongoing experiment, as Tamiya paints are a bit different than I'm used to, but I'm seeing where the results are better once you're acquainted with them. I wager, that I'll just go ahead and half-assed paint the P-61 as I assemble it, then if I can do anything with it I may. I wouldn't count on a lot, since, most of the parts now turning hand painted are probably not going to be that detailed and look like ass. It's bad enough that after inspecting the primed parts after everything was said and done, I wasn't happy with how the paint flaked badly, thus why I am doing this.

Speaking of. I'm tempted to just use a quick wash of thinner to see if I can coax the chipped/peeled paint out of the parts, which I'll do.