
From the side also you can see a big difference:

Both the front and rear trim paint looks very proper. Clearly a mask spray silver trim on the front and red on the tail lights at the rear. Here's a view of the front:

On both models is is quite clear that the light blue roof was painted first and the metallic blue bodies done second. Only the paint thickness seems improper.
So what do you think? I don't recall seeing paint this thick on any other model within my collection.