Cyberpunk Mx5 - Finishing the Roof (Patreon)

Primed the roof.First pass with the primer was just to show me the rough spots a bit easier than trying to chase them around the whole roof. I know doing it this way can (will) introduce shrink back in the final paint but I wasn't planning a gloss finish so it didn't really matter to me.I basically used the first layer of primer as a guide coat and spent a day or so sanding to get all the coarse marks out from the 40 and 60 grits from when I was working the fiberglass.Once I had it all flat to 240 grit I gave it another 2 wet coats of primer to get a pretty flat finish to sand for the base coat.Sanded the whole roof down with some 400 grit on the DA and grey scotchbrite in the tricky areas. Then one thing I did was add pre-shading before the base coat. This is a model makers technique for giving a good weathered effect around the edges which helps increase the contrast and the depth of some of the lines.Then with that applied I went over the whole roof with the same gunmetal basecoat as the flares and gave it a top coat of 2K clear gloss.The pre-shading didn't really do anything as the base coat is a lot thicker than model paints applied with airbrushes. Another issue I had was my compressor was dying and it was running way to hot which meant the air even after going through 2 water traps was still condensing in the gun and spraying water droplets out with the clear, which left tiny little water drips everywhere. Definitely not a finish I was happy with.With the clear coat dry I sanded it down with 400 grit and started applying the stencils to the roof.All the stencils were cut by hand. Once I had painted those I then hit the windows with some gloss black to help add to the lines of the car and make them look like tinted glass.Then with those finished I picked up a new compressor and sprayed the whole car with a couple layers of matte clear coat. This was my first attempt at spraying matte clear and my first time using the new compressor but the result came out absolutely perfect.After spraying the clear coat there wasn't much left to do but to put it all back together and add the final details like stickers, weathering, post shading and a couple more stencils.The stencil on the roof I chose to tag over because in the canon of this car it's a form of visual tracking marker that helps to identify the car, so the first thing that the owner of this car would have done is cover over it.