I’ve been struggling with the paint from the start. Partly because I’m not used to paint cars that are supposed to be glossy. Lack of skills and technique is something I need to work on.
After finally having put on clear cote and letting it dry for about 2 weeks, I tried to polish it.

I started with trizact 6000 grit wet sponge/pad and carefully sanded the hood and then the roof. Trying to remove dust and other flaws. Then I used medium course polishing compound. It felt like a skin peeler. I was very careful with that and used a fine compound after that. The car looked like this afterwards.

It’s starting to get shiny but still needs some work. I used 3000 grit wet pad and worked some of the worst spots. Still very afraid that I’ll sand through.
On it again with 6000 after that and then I used Tamiyas fine compound before I used the very fine polish.

It’s better but it’s possible to see where I need to do more work. Feels like quite a lot of orange peel in some places. I’ll try to be as careful as I can and polish some more.
I also feel like I could use some really fine polish to finish it off with when I get that far.

This kit is set as a test kit for me to learn the skills so it’s okey if I fail, but I still want to try and make it as good as possible.