First off thanks for the advice and posting all these great paint jobs there is some beautiful work here eye candy for sure
Second the advice was perfect. Since I am doing wood it is probably easier but I gave it a few days to dry, remember it is only the size of a postage stamp, then flooded some 2000 grit sandpaper with linseed oil (which is on the wood under the lacquer as well) and wet sanded away the orange peel. Followed by polishing with an old cotton flannel I now have a finish that rivals or exceeds the ones I have seen on some of the costliest furniture
I do some car modeling but also 1:12 scale wood furniture and sterling silver sculpture and have been working on upgrading my finishing techniques and this was a big improvement
you can see in one of my earlier efforts the wood just doesn't have the finish I am looking for (at 1:12 Marc Antony is about 1.5" tall)