I have just found this build log. I love lorries anyhow so seeing this is a double joy. The issue with slippery plastic from Revell is not new as I built a model of the Walrus from a revell kit and found that desoite washing, the joins popped on the fuselage and wings several times before I just scraped the edges back quite roughly and then got traction for the glue (Plastic weld). The surfaces took paint well enough and sufficient handling to hold it while painting did not cause any to flake off.
Though some manufacturers have used cheaper styrenes with higher levels of recycled plastic in them causing brittleness (Italeri
) I was not aware of Revell using poorly mixed polymers in their kits. Unles they had an iffy period and then sorted the problem out?
As per usual, your weathering is fab Ken