Norm, man am I glad you posted this thread! First of all, your Pennsy cars turned out great...nice job!
I've been working on a 5-car custom-painting/decorating project that has taken way longer than it should have mainly due to the frustrations (and lack of success!) I was experiencing airbrushing with Tru-Color paints.
By no means am I taking pleasure in your experiences, just kind of glad to hear that I'm not the only person that had issues using TC...LOL!
I, too, was getting an uneven (anywhere from flat to gloss) finish, that was "rough" and very spotty. It looked awful, so I stripped and repainted the cars a couple times.
I finally gave up on TC and then started searching all the hobby stores around me until I finally found a couple (new old stock) bottles of Floquil in the color I needed. Of course it laid down a nice finish the very first time!
Like Doug (Laidoffsick) stated above, I have since done a lot of reading up on the TC paints and how to successfully apply them. I sure hope the tips and tricks work as I purchased (prematurely) a lot of different colors thinking it would be easy to use!
