I have some blue Trim Monokote, but no red and white. The three bands are cut to 3/8" wide.
TIP: To make a red band decal I sprayed gloss red paint on a white background decal sheet. This will transfer like a regular water slide decal. No clear coat is needed with a spray paint decal. Cut a paint decal with a very sharp knife to avoid any flaking.
The white band is just the white decal sheet into a strip. No gloss clear coat is needed. The white also transfers like a normal water slide, it just feels slimy. A clear coat would get rid of the slimy feel, but really isn't needed in this application.
A blue Trim Monokote band goes on first right on top of the paint mask line. To keep it out of view, the end overlap is in line with a fin on the back launch lug side.
I thought I might have to do a double layer of the white decal. Sometimes a single white decal layer is translucent over a darker color. On the light gray it looked okay.
The cut red spray paint decal followed.
Look to the right of the lower fin and you can see the overlaps. All three are in line and won't be seen when the rocket is on the launcher with the lug in back.
Does the spray paint trick work only with white decal paper, or would it work with clear as well? And if you're going to put white decal paper over, say black, would spraying it with white paint increase the opacity?
ReplyDeleteHi BAR,
Deleteit would work with a clear decal sheet if your rocket body paint color is light. The white decal paper acts like a white undercoat, really brightens up what you spray on top of it.
If I sprayed the red (as shown here) on a clear decal sheet, the gray color underneath would make the red decal band color muddy.
Hi BAR,
DeleteI re-read your question, I didn't answer part of it. Yes, you could probably spray a clear decal sheet with white paint (instead of buying white decal paper) but the decal might end up being pretty thick with two different colors on top of each other.
The white decal sheet applied white layer is pretty thin.