Thanks Mark! Very kind comment. Hobbycraft produced some decent kits - Spartan directions for sure. I had fun with this one - after a nightmarish build: old Revell USS Saratoga kit - the huge kit.
Gil - I switched a few years ago to Alclad II Lacquer - Gloss Klear Kote. Goes on real nice - no thinner at 20 PSI. I used Future for a long time but got tired of the dodgy finish it gave me - uneven. Of course, it is user error but I read enough online about the Alclad product to make the switch. So far, so good. Still use my old stash of Model Master Acrylic Flat for a matte finish.
All the best,
Jim