Centuri Astro 1, Second Build, Fix Mask, Part 2

For once the wrap around decal I drew up fit the circumference of the body tube! Too bad I couldn't use it.

On the left was the dry fit to see if it was close.
After doing the transfer to the body tube, the black was a bit translucent. That's one of the problems with home print decals, they aren't as opaque as silk screened decals.
The clear areas were pretty wrinkled. This did go away after the decals dried.

I peeled off the decal and went back to my old standby, the Contact Paper Blackboard Covering.
Strips were cut and lined up using a paper strip folded in quarters.

The orange stripes were cut from Trim Monokote.
Both these materials are very opaque. When correctly cut you get very high contrast colors.

That one bad masked root edge was re-trimmed with a leftover strip of printed black decal. After it dried some Future Acrylic was rolled on with a Q-tip.

The black Contact covering material is a flat finish. To gloss it up a bit, more Future was applied with a Q-tip to shine it up.