Removing the masks did unfortunately show that the orange paint did bleed onto the white paint but also some of the white paint chipped off even though there was clear coat applied. All parts suffer from this.

Don't you just hate it when this happens John, I do, hopefully it will work out in the end !

@fiveten, thanks, Spiros. A little surprise in the next post.

@kalamazoo, I fully agree, Allan. It turned out less 'dramatic' than I expected at first, see next post.

@chinesegeorge, thanks, George. The touch up turned out to be easier than I thought.

Excellent news and really great looks, my friend @johnb!

Glad you solved this John @johnb. Decals and paint always seem to throw the occasional monkey wrench at us modelers. Gobs of patience and perseverance eventually wins, and we can move forward.

This build is reading like a thriller-novel John! Thanks for sharing this update full of honesty and relief and keep up the good work!

Another round of gloss clear coat to secure the orange paint. Almost done cutting the second round of masks for the red color. Only issue I'm facing is that the paint is collecting a lot of dust, not really visible from the picture, but it is definitely there.

Looks superb so far, my friend @johnb! This dust collection is really interesting.