After the first white coat the dried the fillet boogers were sanded down with 400 grit.
The same fillet sanding was done on the back end along with a little more sanding of the tail cone joint seam.
The back end is gray to just above the fin can.
This mask intersects the launch lug. I should have looked ahead and planned better. If the lug was glued about 3/8" higher the mask would have been easier, but I followed the kit directions.
A small strip of Scotch tape was placed. It's easier to work around the launch lug first and then go around the tube with a longer piece. The ends of the longer piece end on either sides of the lug fillet.
After the gray mask was pulled, here's the color separation.
It's pretty clean and will be covered with an aluminum band later on.
This is the great Fixall gray spray paint mentioned earlier on the blog.
Here's the back end view.
There are a lot of complex surfaces here, most got fillets of Titebond M&TG. It came out well.
Are you still using the "wet finger" technique to smooth out the TM&TG fillets, or have you found a better way. I don't see any edges on your fillets, so something is working well.
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