DrNomis_44's Gold Standard STA-1M Build.

[wokkaboy]

all good Doc everyone has to start somewhere. I'm sure my first paintjob probably had runs everywhere. Practice and you will improve. Think it's a good idea to sand it back and apply timbermate. You will find with painting 90% of the job is preparation. Good preparation and you may save yourself multiple coats in the future.
Even if you get a cheap can of spray paint and practice spraying on the cardboard kit box and get used a steady motion across both directions and up/down and left/right. I usually stop spraying once I am past the object, change direction then start spraying

[DrNomis_44]

all good Doc everyone has to start somewhere. I'm sure my first paintjob probably had runs everywhere. Practice and you will improve. Think it's a good idea to sand it back and apply timbermate. You will find with painting 90% of the job is preparation. Good preparation and you may save yourself multiple coats in the future.
Even if you get a cheap can of spray paint and practice spraying on the cardboard kit box and get used a steady motion across both directions and up/down and left/right. I usually stop spraying once I am past the object, change direction then start spraying

I think I will seriously consider investing in an Orbital Sander this year for sure, my right arm is already getting a bit tired, but I'm not going to let that discourage me, I'm determined to see it through, cheers for the advice mate.


And in hindsight, I really should have started out by applying the Timbermate first, rather than do what I actually did.


Maybe a good Sanding-session will help exercise my two guns....lol.