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I did read that. As I mentioned, the pre-paint prep doesn't have as much to do with a final smooth, glossy finish as the after-paint prep. Even if your body was glass-smooth before painting, you'd still have an orange-peel texture after painting your color & clear coats that would look just like your black body does now. To get from that stage to a baby's-ass-smooth glossy finish is where 75% of the hard work is.

Edit: Removed. I can't link to YouTube at this time.

Edit 2: Rather than tie up this topic with explanations, I PM'd you some YouTube vids showing the wet-sanding and rubbing out techniques, in case you want to put in the work and get a beautiful glossy finish on your Blackfoot. Good luck and enjoy!

HI!... Thanks, but for me it's a RC car/truck body, not a real car. As long as it's the colour I want and there are no runs, it's good enough for me.

Gotcha. My earlier comment was in response to shirochanwrx's question, who was wondering why it looked rough.

HI!... Wow, it's been a REALLY LONG time since I worked on this. But it's pretty much done now, just need to add a vintage receiver.

Nice. I loved the Blackfoot. It just looked so cool and seemed to go anywhere I pointed it.

Mark

I'm with coelacanth, wet sanding and flitting the paint before putting the decals on would have produced a nicer finish. I had the same rough texture issue with one of my projects. I found that I just had the layer on the primer to smooth out the finish before putting the color coats on. But the main thing I found is to not be in a rush. It's easy to get caught up wanting to get it done. The best results are made when you take your time.

HI!... I like the rough finish on it. Makes it more truck like.

The paint doesn't bother me at all.... The monster beetle tires do tho

J/K it looks good

HI!... Ya I know. I still have to get a complete set of actual Blackfoot tires. These were left over from a Monster Beetle project.