From my original forum post.

So, I’ve been wanting to try the hairspray technique for quite some time. I found the secret sales section in Hobby Lobby when I was there to buy a dowel rod and ended up leaving with 4 models. Any how I ended up with two of these models and decided to try hairspray with one of them.

It started well. Like most models. Not perfect but happily passable and put together rather quickly.

Sprayed a base coat of Vallejo Metal Color Aluminum. Too easy, left over night. Applied hairspray straight out of the can and waited about an hour then shot some Model Masters Acrylic Yellow Zinc Chromate. Used a beat up brush and toothpick to weather. Went really well! Waited about 4 hours (not enough by any means) and applied another layer of hairspray (this time out of my airbrush.) Waited about 40 minutes and applied the top coat of paint. I must say, I think I nailed the color. Used Tamiya XF-17 4:1, XF-8 2.5:1 and XF-2 1:1. Then cut it about 5:4 paint to thinner.

Then it happened. As I sprayed and it dried the top coat started to crack so I reapplied paint. A lot of paint. Still cracked. Darn. Let it dry about half and hour and started to weather with a cut short trash brush and a toothpick
The top coat was so thick that getting it to come off was difficult. Mistakes were made. I started weathering on the starboard side of the cockpit. You can see where I went amiss. So I chalked it up as ‘buggered’ (is that the British term?) And decided to try a bunch of different techniques to see what worked best.

I will finish this eventually, I kind of like how trashed the plane looks. Well without further ado. Here it is.

Critiques, suggestions, and anything else is welcome.