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so I painted my part of my jet with incubi darkness and i di 4 coats because the color doesn't cover very well but i can still see the brushstrokes?
how can i get a smooth result?
thanks!

Well...that looks absolutely caked on.

Are you thinning the paints with water? You could - at the point you're at, try wet-sanding it with very fine sandpaper and then touching it up as needed.

Your paints should be thinned with water when applied to a very decent liquid consistency. It'll take you more coats but on a large flat surface you need to be patient.

Also - how smooth was the plastic underneath when you started? Some older plastic kits are pretty bad, but this is a relatively new kit I think.

 Elbows wrote:
Well...that looks absolutely caked on.

Are you thinning the paints with water? You could - at the point you're at, try wet-sanding it with very fine sandpaper and then touching it up as needed.

Your paints should be thinned with water when applied to a very decent liquid consistency. It'll take you more coats but on a large flat surface you need to be patient.

Also - how smooth was the plastic underneath when you started? Some older plastic kits are pretty bad, but this is a relatively new kit I think.

i know and im pretty confised why
i thinned my paints down, and did 4 thin coats
i dont know what i could do different?

What sizes brush are you using? Perhaps use a larger brush for a more even coat

Looks like the paint may not have been fully dry between coats, or paint in spots had nearly dried before you finished the coat and you dragged the almost dried edge around as you painted it.

It's possible you have some gummy paint, however. Paint manufacture can go wrong. The only thing for that is to replace the paint.

i used a small base brush
that could be true that i moved around already dry paint
and for my next coat gonna let the paint dry 5 minutes more just to make sure!

Yeah, unless you're wet-blending you need to be SURE one coat is dry before starting the next coat. Five minutes should handle it unless you're using a retarder to extend drying time.

If you can get some flow aide add a little of that to your paint. It reduces or eliminates the surface tension and allows the paint to flow more smoothly. Failing that, you can improvise your own flow aide with a couple drops of (ideally, colorless and scentless) dish or hand soap in a small bottle of water.

i think what i did wrong is that i had too mich paint on my brus.
could that be a cause?