Quest X-15 Build, Part 11, Black Paint

Here's the back end after wet sanding the first light coat of gloss black.

The fillet areas were sanded smooth with 400 grit wrapped around a Q-tip. Sanded to surface, the black paint fills any remaining dips in the fillets.

I don't know what happened here. Even with the nose cone painted with light coats it still wrinkled up when it dried, just on the right side of the canopy.

This was wet sanded and re-shot.

The whole model is shot with gloss black, no masking and no other colors.
Finally - ready for the decals.