thanks Minimag, I appreciate the generous comments.
thanks, Glenn. I shot the whole car in the Model Masters Sterling Silver, then masked the top and air brushed the burnt orange (nail polish). I goofed up by slightly scuffing the roof to knock off a couple of specs and provide some bite for the clear coats.
My plan was to scuff the roof, then after shooting the burnt orange, I would remove the masking and shoot several coats of clear over the whole body (both colors at the same time). Unfortunately after the clear coats, you could still see some sanding scratches in the silver. This forced me to wet sand the roof and repaint it in silver and then more clear.
Problem number two; I masked off the orange to repaint the silver roof and the solvents bled through the masking paper and ruined the orange finish on the trunk. This forced me to sand out the blemishes on the trunk and repaint it in orange followed by clear coats. Luckily, I was able to recover from my two goof ups. The trunk came out just fine; the color matches the rest of the body and there's no evidence of the repaint. I was careful to keep track of the number of coats of nail polish on the original paint job and made sure to match this on the trunk repaint.
This is, by the way, my first nail polish and first airbrush paint job. Up to this point, I had only used my airbrush to paint parts. I really like the results, so there will be more to come in the future.
thanks for asking.