Despite my best efforts, there are a few fingerprints on the base coat of a kit I'm currently working on. What's the best way to deal with this? I'm considering just airbrushing a light coat onto the area in question, but if there are other options/methods, I'd like to hear them.

Thanks in advance!

sand the area down with 220, 400, 800, then repaint.

I agree but would even use a finer grain to finish

Personally, I find 220, even 320 grit to be a little to course to just remove paint. I would start with 400 wet, then 600 wet. From there I switch to polishing pads by Micro Mesh. 4,600, 6,000m, 8,000, & 12,000. All are used wet. Clean with a tack cloth, then repaint.

You also need to figure out how your finger print got into the paint, and how to prevent that from happening moving forward. You should also be wearing either a latex or white cotton glove when handling a painted or being painted model.
Joel