Aussie Driver - well you are doing a mazda!!!, it's like a go-cart, when you do a 19' charger, it takes alot of time. i started doing the roof, that's polished nicely, but then i fugured this would add about 2 days of work extra before i could , and i've been looking for a 69 charger for about 10yrs, finally got one and could'nt wait until i could drive it, i built that whole car in 3 weeks, including mechanical and paint/interior, that's what alot of 16hr days, and me doing the pee-pee dance everytime i saw the car just dying to drive it!!!
but your paint looks really good, i'd say my car looks in between your 2 pics, not super glossy, but not dull at all, plus your painting black, and i'm painting orange, the lighter the color, the more forgiving it is.

here's a close up pic:


i did all the polishing i could in 1 day, then i started putting the car back together, bumpers, front end, mouldings, trim, handles, mirriors, ect.... that took me a solid day, next day i was