Thursday, April 14, 2016

Estes Hi-Flier XL, #3226 Build, Part 15, Sanding and Touchups



After the single coat of Duplicolor primer/filler I noticed a glue smear.
This was easily sanded smooth. The primer/filler filled in the raised sides of the glue area.

Right above the glue area is a tube seam. You can see how the primer is left in the rut, the last bit the CWF didn't quite fill.


The first coats of white showed a slight crack where the tubes were joined together. More medium CA was applied and sanded flat to the tube surface.
When sanding down some rough areas of the white undercoats, I sanded a little too far!
Instead of shooting the entire rocket body with another coat of white, I shot some paint into a cup and used a Q-tip as a brush.
The paint was dipped and rolled over the sanded through area.
The white is just an undercoat. I wouldn't be able to do this touch-up if white was the final color.

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