Estes Skytracer Clone #1361 Build, Part 13, Mask & White Paint

I masked off the glue line for the thruster assemblies. Look close and you can see the thin masking tape line.

The model is ready for the first white coats. In the front end a rolled up paper towel keeps paint out of the tube.

Easy paint - most of the model is an overall gloss white. The small nose cones in the thruster units aren't glued in yet, they will be painted black separately off the model.

Enlarge the picture and you can see some ridges down the fillets.

The glue fillet ridges can be lightly sanded with some 400 grit.  Don't sand into or dip into the balsa! Just knock off the high glue spots.

 

In the picture you can see the paint and fillet have been dulled with the sandpaper.