Sunday, February 9, 2025

Estes Black Star Voyager Build, Part 34, Decals

Start with some smaller decals first. I found the soak times to be 38 seconds until the decal would slide off the backing.

These wrap arounds have nine peaks. The decal start and finish points were in line with the launch lugs. The decal overlap won't be seen in the launcher photos.

I did start the first orange point in line with the basswood strips but they didn't align all the way around.



Here's the upper section.
Notice the white bands are towards the centers. This is consistent throughout the wrap decal placements.







There are two rows of dots to wrap around the top of the lower tube, just below the adapter.
I wish the two rows were connected, without the dashed orange cut lines between them.

Notice how close you have to cut to the decals, just inside the dashed orange line. It would have been easier to see the white ink if the decals were printed on blue backing paper.




The nine white dots wraps should line up with the nine cardstock vanes. 

I placed a wrap of masking tape and made a pencil line using the aluminum angle. The first dot on the strip was centered over the line.

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