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I have actually used gaffa tape/duct tape to mask a coach roof. I bought a (new) Con-Cor passenger car kit and was dismayed to find a chunk knocked out of the roof moulding at one end. Given that I would have spent more than the cost of the kit in fuel if I had taken it back to the shop, I decided to fix it. A little car body filler and CA adhesive filled the hole, and some careful filing shaped the filler to the right profile. I found a Tamiya aerosol that was a close match to the Nickle Plate blue that the roof was factory-painted in, and covered the clear parts of the roof moulding (these form the window glazing) with gaffa tape to keep the spray off it. It was a complete success - I recently managed to find the Kadee #508 kit to fit proper couplers to the car (should have bought the #506 as I had to shorten the mounting arms...) and now only need a couple of #22 couplers to complete the job. <br /> <br />As far as mistakes/foul ups are concerned, I've made a few. Usually when painting Athearn handrails - I have at least one loco with some minor paint marks where they shouldn't be. Luckily, as I use acrylics so long as I spot the paint before it dries I can remove it using a damp paper towel - this "wicks" the paint off the bodywork and saved my BNSF "Warbonnet" Dash 9 from having a large blob of yellow paint on the nose!
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