I believe in a happy end. I personally find the two monoplanes now much more appealing without the rigging. I own an old plastic kit guide. There's a diagram how to review the needed detail level for a good looking model: take the model in one hand and get the distance to the real object in such way, that the real object seems at the same size like your model. All details that are still visible on the real object have to be realised on the model. I guess a rigging wire can be hardly seen at the needed distance.
This rule is ignored often, nowadays ("panel lines"). Besides
WGF 28mm Napoleonics (SDS) are a further love of mine. I'm a slow painter who get's lost in details. I have occasionaly experienced, that these details make the miniatures look inferior to miniatures with a more simpler paint job, when looked at from a distance. It's like in the theatre: the paint on the faces of the actors look strange when you're standing near them, but the high contrast supports the appearance when looked at from a distance.
Just get sure, that the surface is clean before applying the new paint. If you only used acrylics until then, you could remove the old paint with Melerud plastic cleaner, or with Gunze Mr. Color Thinner (it's miraculous - the paint is gone in seconds).
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