Last night, I was working on a CR-3 resin kit. The fuselage halves were laying on my desk, primed and waiting for some cockpit and engine bay paint. I thought I should like to paint the engine bay Humbrol Dull Aluminum.

So I shook-up a tinlet. I shook it up good.Then I took my pry, and tried to open the tinlet lid.

POP! The lid flew upwards putting a sudden fright in me. I lost control of the tinlet and it bounced onto the desk top, open. A brand, new tin.

Aluminum paint spread everywhere, bathing the fuselage halves in enamel.

Not worrying about the mess in my hair, on the floor, and the on desktop, I went straight away to salvage the fuselage halves. Within 5 minutes of patient cleasning, I had them acceptably put into order.

Half an hour later, I was employing Toluol to clean furniture and floor.

The moral to this unlucky mishap is, 'Hang onto your Tins'.

I remeber Mr.Bean had very similar problems with painting