Friday, March 2, 2012

Refinishing the Red Max Finished












The old "Orange Max on the left -
The same model refinished on the right.













I used the Red Max decals from a new Estes kit.
You've got to guess a bit on the decal placement. The instructions don't give exact locations. The white decals go on the black nose cone.
I never found a good place for the "Top Secret" decal. I also left off the Estes logo.

This rebuild came out much better than the clone it once was.
I wouldn't normally refinish a model unless it was in very good shape.
BT-55 and BT-60 models seem to hold up best after many launches.

1 comment:

  1. Beautiful work! Looks a lot like mine:

    http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=488771613859

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