Things I have learned this week.

1. Orange peel is a bugger
2. Auto modelling is WAY harder than I thought it would be.
3. Centrally split body panels suck!
4. Fingerprints cannot be hidden under 5cm of paint
6. My wife is very patient but there is a limit to it.
7. Airborne dust is unavoidable.
8. Airbrushing water around the spray booth can assist in keeping dust GROUNDED.
9. Tamiya polish doesn't work on Alclad Paint.
10. Wet and dry sanding red paint turns everything red.
11. Plastic cement doesn't necessarily hold even after 2 days when sanding and sanding and sanding ...
12. Peter Hardy can be an unreasonable person at times.
13. Putty is designed to fail after three hours of good work.
14. Crying like a baby doesn't help.
15. Bad things happen to good people.
16. Test it first you flipping idiot! Didn't you learn last time?
17. Tamiya X-20A thinners remove spilt plastic cement from a cutting mat.
18. Clean out the air brush properly after using Alclad paint in it.
19. SMS lacquers are cheaper and just as good as anything else I have tried.
20. Lacquers have a better finish than I can get with acrylics.
21. Don't hold the styrene too close to the fleshy padding in your hand when cutting it with sidecutters.
22. In the overall scheme of things, work doesn't really matter as much as my hobby.
23. There are many different ways to get a shine on a model. If you can get that far advanced!
24. Mistakes are not character building.
25. God I love my hobby.