Estes Tazz #7282 Build, Part 8, Overall Yellow Painting TIPS

This is a tough rocket to get an overall even spray. The four vertical stabilizers (small fins) block certain areas from getting a final wet coat.

Summertime painting in hot, humid weather is a crap shoot.The picture on the right shows some spatter "pebbling" after some between coat light sanding sanding. When I light sand, I only knock off the tops of the raised orange peel spatters before the next coat. There's no need to sand the paint completely to surface. The next spray coat will flow and and help level the surface.

Before spraying the entire rocket -
Spray the leading and trailing edges of the fins, the (tight) fillet areas of the launch lug and tip of the nose cone. Those initial areas are sometimes missed when trying to paint the overall model.

Look at the third picture below- Another area to hit first - A hard area to evenly cover  (behind the smaller vertical fins) is highlighted in gray.

To get better, smoother coverage on these complex surfaces, shoot the vertical stab fins first - then spray the larger main wings.

I spray horizontally with a painting wand (dowel and engine casing) in the back end or engine mount.

On the left - Follow the numbers and the directional arrows, try to get and even spray coat on the small vertical stab fins, do the wing "flats and main body after.

Enlarge the picture to better see the numbers and arrows.

Again, notice the gray areas behind the vertical stabs. Be sure to get spray coverage there. The vertical stabs can block the paint coverage.