Brodak  nitrate  than brodak white primer?
Let it sit over night between coats?
Primer was no thinner

   Wow! That's a real mess, I haven't seen anything like that with dope before.

     Brett

Something was incompatible or contaminated. I'm with Brett, never seen that before with lacquer unless over an incompatible base.

     People have told me to watch out for various types of Brodak dope from different batches, but I certainly wouldn't have expected this.

    Brett

I have had that happen with latex but never "dope".   Looks like it did not bond or dried before it could and shrunk about 10 times what it should have.  Have you considered doing the entire plane in that pattern?  It would surely be original!

Ken

If only Fred had thought to make the underlying paint candy red!

That fits with Fred mentioning no thinner.

Fred, let us know how it works out!  This is certainly something I want to avoid in my paint jobs!

    Everyone was asking why I recommend 2-part epoxy paint, this is why.

    Brett

 FWIW I made the mistake of trying out Brodak's White Primer once, shooting a good solid coat on an All American. I've never used nitrate on anything, I've never felt a need for it. In my case the primer was sprayed directly over their butyrate clear. It didn't crack up or anything like your above photo but I did find it EXTREMELY hard to sand and also VERY heavy. Because of the difficulty in trying to sand it off I eventually gave up and ended up leaving about 98% of that coat on the model which added a ton of weight. I promptly threw the remainder in the trash to make sure I'd never be tempted to try it on something else. I've always had excellent and consistent results with all other Brodak (Randolph) dopes but I'll never use that primer again.