I tried Tamiya Acrylics for the first time with this build, and I have to say the white was a nightmare. I tined the white with a little bit of Gray to give it a slight off-white color so the white in the stripes would stick out. The Dark Gray went on smoothly with no issues at all. I'm really at a loss as to why I had such an issue with the white but it took me 3 days to get one coat on. It was like it was too thin and thick at the same time.
First coat of the white is on the fuselage as well as the bottom of the wings, Dark Grey was painted on the dark the tops of the wings. One more coat of white on the fuselage then the dark grey top.