Thanks for the comments lads, to answer Martin, the paint is just Hycote concentrated stuff and the lacquer is Hycote too, both aerosols. There was no sanding or flattening between paint coats and none between paint and lacquer. The lacquer actually goes on within half an hour of the final top paint coat for a better finish not when its totally dry. The amount of prep with the primer is the key and then several light coats of paint and several more light coats lacquer does the trick.