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Wow that's a very cool build!

Awesome work on the painted livery, that's an amazing effort!!

The CF decals and overall detail is looking awesome so far, very well done! Looking forward to seeing the finished product!

Fantastic that you found the solution to your problem! Even microscopic abrasions on a needle tip can impact the quality of the spray pattern as you've found out. There are ways you can polish your needle tip or perhaps use needle lubricant to even out the micro-abrasions. But given needles aren't s...

Actually you could be getting tip dry for some reason and the Compressor filling the tank might be somehow putting pulses of pressure through your airbrush which is dislodging the dried paint in the needle tip in little blobs, causing the problem. What kind of paint are you using? Tip dry is most co...

The full moisture trap was likely contributing to some small degree, but obviously isn't the main culprit. Have the seasons, weather, or humidity changed any reasonable amount in your area over the last month? And have you tried draining and airing out the compressor tank again, it would be interest...

Excellent work in the masking and paint job, masking for a top coat can be a tricky sob sometimes, always feels super awesome when it comes out spot on!

Awesome finish, well done!

And it always amazes me how much an F1 build comes alive when the decals go on!

Awesome finish, it all looks flawless to me!

Great to see these builds coming over the finish line, awesome work on the Jordan!