Take a look at the box cover picture. There is a pretty substantial gap at the rounded front of the fairing.
The fairing tip is raised from the height of the lowest wrap.
I thought about filling the gap with scrap plastic from the vacuform sheets. I took a simpler route.
It took two fillets of white glue to fill the gap.
It took two fillets of white glue to fill the gap.
I know, white glue won't stick to the vacuform plastic. but, it does stick to the body tube. That'll be plenty to hold the fill glue in place.
Next up - gray primer!
While the primer will add a little weight, it also helps the final coats stick better with all the complex masking coming up. It's amazing how many small flaws you can see when the primer is dry.
While the primer will add a little weight, it also helps the final coats stick better with all the complex masking coming up. It's amazing how many small flaws you can see when the primer is dry.
Time spent on build: :30
Total time on build so far: 43:45
I painted the upper part (third stage and transition sections) with Krylon white all-in-one primer/topcoat and sanded it down, but used Testors flat white as the finish coat. The Testors spray paint wasn't as "gritty" as the Krylon. However, after reading your advice, I may use "real" gray primer for the first and second stages and use the Testors as the final coat.
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