Centurion Project, Part 11, Edges and Decals

I'll be bouncing back and forth between the finishing and decals on the Semroc Centurion and Estes Cosmic Explorer. If you see the model name at the top of the paragraph, that's the model I'm working on at the moment.


CENTURION
I ran a Sharpie around the shoulder lip so you wouldn't see the balsa shoulder if the nose cone wasn't all the way in.




CENTURION
The upper black body tube edge got a swipe of a Sharpie to make a sharper color separation when the tubes are joined together. This is a dry fit.

COSMIC EXPLORER
Decals - The vertical red stripes that run up the body tube have to be pieced together. Sight from the rear to make sure they are straight all the way up the tube.

COSMIC EXPLORER
I had a crack and break on the horizontal red stripe. Sometimes you can salvage a broken decal, but not this time.

TIP: Keep old decals! I found decals from an old Estes kit. Who knows where I came across this decal. The red color and width were very close.

COSMIC EXPLORER
The start point of the decal is on the back, in line with the launch lug.
Nobody will notice the decal patch on the launcher.