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heres a pic of the button

Ok! So you mean that with the hairdryer I should just carefully heat up the surface a little and the paint will flatten out on its own? I guess I'll try that one first. You also mentioned the 1200-2000 grade wet rub paper, is that an other method of removing these marks? yes the hair dryer will soften the paint, keep the dryer about12-18inchs away from the surface, watch the paint for changes, you will have to let it cool down , you could run cold water over it to cool it, the 1200 is used to cut back paint before a compound polish, it helps to flatten the surface but this depends on how many coats of paint the item has.

Voorhees is on the mark with rubbing compound, just be careful about taking to much paint off but try the heat first

I had the same problem and found heating the surface lays the paint down flat, rubbing with hand compound is another way but your taking off paint, so try the heat first, if that doesnt work the compound will, find out how many coats of paint are on it, should be at least 3, if so use a light grade of wet rub paper,1200-2000.grade,

try heating the surface carefully, if this works you will see an improvement almost straight away but becareful, try a hair dryer first,

The colour for the snout /part is 492c using Pantone/PMS system. Its a light grey, the "buttons" on the sides are 2c "cool grey", looks more like bone or off white. thats from LFL star wars sourcbook that a licencee gets. I know pantone is for the printing industry but Lucas uses that as a standard world wide colour reference

check out the inner :plastic pressings. looks real in all the right places....nice piece

spray can, airbrush will take forever. also read the direction first, dont rush it, one coat at a time, even wait till the last item painted is dry before you do the next coat, good luck with it oh and dont rush it.... cant stress that enough

sorry to dredge up an old post but was looking around at everything and came across this posting, Altmann's never made a black scout. Maybe painted one black for a local guy but never for mass sales.