Lucky this old girl made it onto the forum!! I undercoated it with auto acrylic and sprayed it white with a blue stripe ala the NART car, looked really good. I then shot it with auto clear and ended up with a pink 250 with a blue stripe. As it was moulded in red plastic I should have known better, but I thought auto acrylic primer would have sealed it!! I then decided to paint it black but the first coat crazed so it went out of the 'to build' cupboard to the 'dead shed' out the back.
I then read an article about stripping paint and it reminded me of the use of brake fluid as a stripper so, nothing ventured, nothing gained, it was partially emerged in fluid. Sure enough with a little effort the layers auto acrylic came of, but being an old brittle kit I managed to break the nose in about 4 places. Nothing a bit of additional styrene and putty couldn't fix.
Anyway, I opted for an iridescent dark grey which suited the dark blue interior (as per the original plan being the NART car) and it has turned out acceptable. Tks for looking.
Dave B