Oops. How did that happen?

Yes lacquer attacks plastic,( styrene), some modelers us it as glue because of its capillary properties. I would recommend letting it dry for a minimum of 48hrs before even touching the affected area. Once the solvent flashes off,( evaporates completely), then you should be able to begin repair.

Thanks, Armornut. The airplane will sit until Friday then.

Your welcome sir. Keep us posted on the repair so if we have a boo boo we'll know what to do. HAPPY MODELLING.

I hate when that happens, You're in the zone, the paint is laying down great and paint slops out of the cup onto your work.

when I am worried that I may get carried away while spraying and some of the paint may slop out I will take a little plastic cling wrap and cover the cup.  Pop 2-4 pin holes in the plastic so the cup can pull air.  If your paint flow is resticted, pop a few more holes.

Good call. I will definitely do that. I just hope I can repair the spot on the wing. The accident would happen on the upper surface of the wing and not the lower...ugh!!

Cover your paint cup with Parafilm. Problem solved.

Since you have to shoot primer again, can you mask off the area back to the closest panel lines and shoot a different shade of alclad to give some tonal variation?

You could even shoot the masked off area with a grey primer and shoot the original alclad color and you will get a different shade.

Just a suggestion.

I have Alclad gloss black and flat black primers. If I'm able to sand the area smooth in a couple of days, I may try to make the spot look like repaired battle damage. After all these LT-6G's were used as forward air controllers and artilliary spotters in Korea. Getting hit by ground fire would have been a common occurence I think.

Too fast between coats.

That^^^

I would use Testors gloss black instead of Alclad's gloss black primer. After the last bad batch fiasco, I wouldn't even trust their gloss black primer again.

I used Testors gloss black enamel for the primer on my P-82. It did a good job as a primer but after a week of just sitting, the paint never seemed to really cure. On the day I shot the Alclad Aluminum, the black still felt a little tacky. The Aluminum went on OK and the airplane looks good on the shelf. This Alclad gloss black seems OK. Two coats covered the T-6 really nicely and the Alclad Aluminum was going on very nicely until the blob of paint hit the wing. I'm going to take the rest of the primer off the upper wing surface up to where the outer panel meets the center section, then I'll prime the outer panel again to get a good smooth finish before shooting the Aluminum again.

Sounds like you laid down the gloss black pretty thick. That might be the reason it was still tacky after a week. I don't know. Weather and humidity can also be the cause as well.

I know enamel takes a day or two to dry, but it was probobly too heavy a coat like others have said. I don't have an answer to correct it though. I depend on the guys here for that. Good luck. Let ud know how you solve it and how it turns out please.

Well, I have to do all of my painting on my patio. I've closed it up as well as I can. The patio has vinyl windows but they don't seal very well. I also have a 12,000 btu portable AC for the patio that helps control temperature and humidity somewhat.

I just finished cleaning off the wing of the T-6. I'm going to give it another day or two before I try to fix the patch where the paint landed. Hopefully I'll be able to sand the spot and eliminate the blemish before I paint again.

The next three projects I have in the queue will be painted with MM enamels. They will be painted with the standard USAAF O.D. upper and neutral gray lower. I don't anticipate any difficulty with those three airplanes in the paint booth.

I do appreciate evryone's input on this. I've gotten some good pointers. My wife has some adhesive kitchen wrap that I'll try on my airbrush to prevent spillage from the cup in the future. I'll be keeping y'all posted as to my progress.

Another possibility is you didn't thin it enough. Just a thought....

Here is the blemished wing. Route62 and I examined the wing yesterday and we decided the blemish is not a real issue. He buffed the area with a piece of 800 grit sanding film and today I'll buff it again with a Micro Mesh pad. The spot is very smooth to the touch though. Tomorrow I'll prime the wing again and Tuesday or Wednesday I'll finish with the Alclad. Fortunately a USAF decal will cover part of the area.