Enerjet News, Mercury Little Joe I, Part 10, Engine Mount Paint and Black Details

The centering ring edges were masked off.
The back end of the engine mount was sprayed with the Rusto 2X silver Aluminum.

The nozzles were painted black off the model. These were finally glued in place after double checking the alignment with the mount dry fitted inside the body tube.

There is a thin black line running down the leading edge of the wedge shaped fins.
I used a wide point marker to apply the black.

This is an iffy operation and shouldn't be tried unless you have a still hand. The pressure on the pen has to be steady to keep the line width even.
The body tube was masked off at the top.

Here's the finished stripe.
Three out of the four fins came out very well. The line on the fourth fin is good, but not great!