Estes Interceptor Build #1250, Part 17, Antenna and Tail Cone Painting

You can paint the tailcone off the model. This will save you from any masking around all the raised vanes.

Some masking tape was rolled around the shoulder. The overhanging tape was slit a few times and bent outward to tape to a spraying board.



Somewhere I saw a picture of a finished Interceptor where the antennas were painted black. I wish I could find it again and give credit to the original builder. To me the Interceptor could use a little more black detail for a stronger contrast.

To spray these black off the model some of the 1/8" scrap balsa strips were thinned to 3/32", the same thickness as the upper fins. The antenna slots were wedged in over the ends.

The tail cone and antennas were all painted with Rustoleum metallic black.