TIP: Small Padded Sanding

The Centuri Satellite 62SL is pretty small.
I could have simply folded up a piece of sandpaper to get in the tight spots.
Sometimes the sharp crease in the sandpaper cuts "ruts" into the finish.
This time I tried something new.

I rolled a piece of 400 grit around the end of a cotton swab.

This gave me a padded sanding surface with no sharp creases to scratch up the paint.


 

It worked very well, especially when sanding over the top of the leading edge joint.

Sometimes there are bumps and a rough surface where the rolled over fillet wasn't smooth.
This padded sanding took off just enough of the paint and smoothed out the surface.

The rolled over sandpaper won't get into a tight fillet joint, but it sure helped sand the rest of the small model.