ThirdG, I am like you, I don't really like the body painting and I find it tough to get that show quality paint job. I always tell myself that these cars looked great from the stands but when you got up close and looked at em there were dents, wrinkles, scrapes and tire marks. None of them were pretty. With the crappy painting I do, I just add some mud, dust, and maybe some dents with a tire mark or something and hide my poor painting skills. It will add to the flavor of the subject and nobody will think any less of it. I can tell you right now my Camaro will not have perfect paint! Its a short tracker, I expect to see some dings and dents so don't sweat the paint. Keep Pluggin' you're doing just fine.