Woe! WOE! And THRICE WOE!
Well this morning I removed all the masking from the splinter pattern, and some areas of paint lifted off.
The paints were Vallejo acrylics, and I have never had this problem before.
The damage is mostly small bits here and there, but there is quite a lot of them.
Sufficient anyway such that I will not get this finished for Perth this weekend.

The photos below tell it all.


I will now calm my shattered nerves and get ready for the trip up to Perth on Saturday morning.