stupid canberra. Goes from being sumerish to being a russian winter in two days...
BEcause of work and weather... IT has pretty uch stayed at this point...
HAving an issue with paint not sticking to various parts of the bonnet and one of the doors...

what's it doing - frying up (sort of cracking like dried mud) or going all dimpled in small spots?

Dimpling is commonly caused by water (but an be other things too). Check your water trap, and blow out the air line before painting.

Frying is either grease on the surface, or an incompatible paint type. It's very easy to miss a spot with your prep wash if you're not paying close attention - even the oils off your hand can play havoc with paint adhesion. So don't lean on the car when prep washing either. It can also easily happen when painting acrylic over enamel too, and there's little you can do but to prime the area first.

either way, to rectify now you'll have to sand it out and build it back with spray putty then prime, or (my favourite) hi-fill prime the area (also known as one-step).

isn't painting fun? I'm trying to get motivated to get back into painting the R30 Skyline coupe - it's almost ready for paint, just needs a final block back, but I really have a strong dislike of sanding...

Nice job Lobster.

I see that your roof lining has been removed.
Are you going to put in a new rooflining when finished?
Please take some pictures of the roof lining also when you have done it.

I don't know what I am going to do when my roof lining begins to crumble or fall from the roof out of age.
It is starting to get a little bit of a yellow color just above the two front doors.
It is not water that did this as it was resprayed a few months back and did'nt show any rust in this part ontop of the roof where water could have leaked in onto the roof lining. Are any of you out there experiencing the same?

Yes, the white rooflining (headliner) in my 1200 has signs of yellowing.