Well, it's more of a love/hate relationship as I like the result when it turns out well, but I find the process frustrating! 🤔

Case in point is the roof of the Faun I'm working on. I use good quality International Paints enamel and primer-undercoat and brushes. Couple of coats of primer-undercoat followed by a couple of coats of enamel and all well so far. Followed by what I was hoping to be the final top coat.

When dry it looked pretty good apart from a piece of air-borne detritus which had landed on it. Should have left it, but no I decided to rub it down and give it another coat. Result was that I rubbed through the gloss slightly on the top of the curve of the roof. Thought it would be Ok but it wasn't. ☹️ Also there was what looked like lots of bits in the paint or maybe inclusions? Ahhh! 😠 I do use a tack cloth. Not air-borne as the "bits" were appearing as i was painting.

So I spot primed it followed by a light sanding and gave it another coat. Result is that it looks even worse as you can see the enlarged primed area and still bits even though a new brush and can of paint, even more ahhhh!

I know it's user error but it is so frustrating. I've painted a few hulls now, not perfect but generally good results and found the white easier than the blues where the primer-undercoat has to be very uniform if a good result is to be obtained.

I much prefer working with timber and metal where I am more in control and mistakes, if made, can usually be rescued more easily.

With the roof I am probably going to have to almost start again by primer-undercoating the whole roof and enameling again. 😭

Chris