Saturday, February 25, 2012

Super Alpha Build Part 7 Red and White Paint

Ya' gotta love a simple body tube/nose cone color separation.

The body and fins were sprayed with the generic Duplicolor gloss white.
While it looked "wet" going on, after drying it had a flat or "blued" surface. This is because of the high humidity in Florida.
Some rubbing and polishing compound and I got a good gloss.

The nose cone is Rustoleum 2X Gloss Red, no polishing was needed.

This shows the final fillets.

You can see some slight orange peel in the finish. The picture makes it look more pronounced than it actually is.
I'm pretty happy with the Duplicolor spray, it'll take some practice to get used to it.
(Anything is better than the "cottage cheese" finish from the bad batch of Rustoleum 2X gloss white.)

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