Noah, the WC unit is the bomb! Ironmine, the type of paint you use matters. Like for example, Testers-too thick, the pigment is just not ground thin enough. This results in loosing the detail of the carbody, like in the door latches. Accurail paint has a microscopic grind in the pigment, however the carbody needs a primer coat, because the mold lines in the texture, flash lines, adhesive used to add detail, etc, are present if you neglect primer(grey, for instance). Accupaint is a well developed line, and some died in the wool modlers use Polly-S and Floquil, paints which require drying time. You know how to tell when any paint is cured(dried)? When paint smell leaves the carbody, it’s ready for the next step. Important to any paint, is the temperature, 68-82 deg.F, and humidity, 40% or less. The most important, is humidity. This is why we use paint booths, (although I just paint ouside, when the temp. and humidity permit). Proper painting environment insures the surface texture has no orange peel effect. Wa***he carbody in distilled water, with dishwash liquid, rince completely, and dry. Do not touch the paint surface, as oil from your fingers, can haunt you for the rest of your life(seen it)! Use a straight edge on a piece of glass plate with the masking tape, to make any type of design you wish, and a thin piece of plastic can be used over and over again for a template. Do the decals, as per instructed, then glosscoat, and weather, don’t use dulcoate at all, why put all this time into styling, to ruin it? Enjoy Your Custom Painted Producted! ACJ.