Ahoi mateys.
I’m new to ship modelling (but not modelling!), and I just read in several books that it’s a good idea to test that a spot you have jut sanded/puttied/etc is undetectable by painting some testor silver paint on it.
I can see the point, it’s a great idea..... Except this means removing the paint before the real painting/priming can begin, and I have a LONG and PAINFUL experience with removing paint from plastic models.
Is there another way? Some easy to remove paint, or a trick to remove acrylic paint from plastic boat?

All info most most welcome.
Mc
ps:s-boat 1:75 in progress

I use my primer coat, gray in color, to point any flaws in the fit.

is that enough to spot surface irregularities?

cheers!

It is for me. I know that some people use flat white instead of the gray.

I'm going to give it a try!

many thanks, my friend!

I wouldn't use testor's/Modelmasters silver, but Alclad is nice and tough and you wouldn't need to remove it afterwards. But generally, the gray primers work really well. White primers tend to a bit too bright to me. Nothing beats a good metallic finish for pointing out every single flaw you left though!

Sounds like you speak from experience Tracy.

I have remarkably few finished natural metal airplanes

A P-51D, Ki-115 Tsurugi, and F-86D have populated my "90% done" shelf for a number of years now waiting for me to answer the question of "do I REALLY want to strip that section down, re-fill and re-sand it, and then repaint it and try and make the metallic finish look the same as the rest of it???"

So far the answer has been "I don't want to answer that right now!"