Estes Black Brant II Kit #1958 Build, Part 13, Paint Masking

Regular brown masking tape is used between the fins making sure to cover any open areas on the body tube.



The rest of the body tube was covered with a square of plastic cut from a grocery bag.

Before spraying with gloss black, all the mask lines were burnished with a Q-tip. A soft Q-tip won't scratch or mar the mask line like a fingernail could.

TIP: To keep the body tube clean, I'll sometimes hold onto the main body with a wrapped paper towel.
This is especially handy after spray painting if your hand got hit with some black over spray.

Here's some of the mask reveal.
I've said this before - You'll never get a clean mask line if your glue fillets and mask surfaces aren't clean and smooth.

Here's how it came out - pretty good overall.
The payload section and nose cone are also painted gloss black.

Now comes a confusing decal placement -