How to make surface such a nice gloss finish?
This is BEFORE magic.
In order to get such a great gloss finish, ask a car modeler! If you don't have a friend of those., here is the steps what I did.
I sand the surface throughly with #1500 paper before spraying primer. Over primer, sand it again with #1500 paper. After spraying paint, sand it with #2000 paper. Then spray gloss coat, then sand it with #2000 again. I always use urethan coat. Although it will take 1 week to dry, you will get very hard and tough coat enough to sand and level decal surface.
Then polish with compound. Then wax it. That's it. You need to practice many times to reach certain level. There is no easy secrets!
It should be same head to be photographed with, but I got a wrong one placed on the right side. Sorry. Actually I removed face and brain from the head and make a helmet.
I combined a head and helmet to look nice.
Put some wires and color it. Here is a Bule pilot!