wrinkling Testors black spray

I suspect it went on way to heavy and is now curing unevenly. I also suspect that it hasn't fully cured (smell it and I bet you still smell the thinner). Once it has thoroughly cured you can probably sand down the high spots and it may be OK. If you try to sand it before it has thoroughly cured the uncured paint will just roll up on the sandpaper. Use progressively finer grades of sandpaper and finish up with about a wet sanding using 1600 grit or so. Since you plan to spray Alclad over it, it needs to be really smooth.

Next time you use rattle can paint (especially Testors!) sit it in a pan of warm (NOT HOT!) water for a few minutes and it will spray thinner and more evenly.

Alclad is a laquer. You can spray laquer over laquer, enamel, or acrylic as long as the underlying coat is THOROUGHLY cured and the initial coats are sprayed on very thinly.

Word of advice ... shortcuts seldom work on models. Been there, done that, paid the price many times over. I never seem to learn.

Thank you for the answer.
About the shortcut: I have never sprayed enamels before, and I'm not really comfortable with them, hence the "simple" spraycan. No more.

I can relate. I don't like airbrushing enamel or laquer either, I prefer acrylic, but I do it. Spray in a well-ventilated area and if possible (highly recommended for ANY type of paint including acrylics!) use a respirator. Clean your airbrush thoroughly using mineral spirits or laquer thinner and it won't hurt it at all. Also make sure you have adequate ventilation when cleaning the airbrush. A respirator is also recommended for that since mineral spirits and laquer thinner should not be inhaled.

Keep in mind that the only difference between the enamel paint in a rattle can and what you spray from your airbrush is basically the propellant in the can. The paint is pretty much the same. Needless to say a rattle can produces a HUGE difference in paint volume to which is why an airbrush is much preferred over a can.

Man, I saw your kits... Congrats. I wish I was making models like that.

QUOTE: Man, I saw your kits... Congrats. I wish I was making models like that.

Thanks. I appreciate that and I'm glad you like them. Building them isn't much different from anything else, just takes a bunch of time