A few pics of barracuda project.

Same thing (after hours of my prep work) with the single stage gloss black paint on the Flash inner areas. Almost like it was painted in a barn although I know better.
I hate single stage for that reason....no easy fix.

I re-sanded / scuffed everything but when re-painted, they went semi-gloss.
Yes I agree, single stage is not very forgiving. That’s why i will being using base clear for the rest of the project. Even when we reshoot the trunk I will paint base clear this time. Added a few more pics of sanded trunk and how some of the mods turned out in paint. Having problems loading photos will try later.