Want to "restore" picrel, full treatment: new paint (with clearcoat), detailing, decals, polish the greenhouse, new wheels, add side-mirrors and some details to interiors.
Problem is: i've never done it and want it to looks at least acceptable, since i want to gift it. I've seen many video about painting and the deeper i go, the worse it gets with chemicals reactions, techniques and equipments; on the other end i don't want it to look sloppy: several jobs i've seen had grainy paints, colored details and panel lines that looked drawn by children, additions with putty slapped on the body and poorly refined. It pretty clear stuff is very hard to put together.
By now i've got tamiya primer, paint minus clearcoat, some markers, decal paper, brushes, new wheels and side-mirrors.
From what i've seen to get a smooth and shiny finish i need to finely sand the paint and polish it. But then the decals and clearcoat?
For the glasses i've seen poliwatch or wood floor polish(?), do these just stick to them?
For mirrors and interiors epoxy or clay putty?
Space and support surfaces are minimal and tight, it needs to be strong but also give me more time to model pieces, hence the clay...
Men there are so many doubts and unknows, meanwhile the car has bern sitting there for months now

p.s. sorry for the blogpost, don't know if it fits here or else i've to go to custom general