Custom Solar Explorer Build Part 18 White Undercoat

This is the nearly complete Solar Explorer after the first coat of Rustoleum gloss white.
This is a great looking - LONG - BT-50 based model.

As with most of my models, the entire model gets a white undercoat. If you were to simply spray the final color over the gray primer and brown body tube, the transparancy of the final color could look mottled.
The white undercoat gives an even base and brightens up the other overcoat colors.

The two BT-50 sections are slid together over the coupler, not glued together yet.
This way the (eventually red) upper section gets a white undercoat. I'll separate the two sections, spray the upper section red then glue it all together.

TIP: Notice the nose cone is pulled out and the shoulder is exposed about 1/16".
This allows a small bit of paint in the shoulder. Even if the nose cone is slightly up and over the body tube, the black shoulder won't be as noticeable. How many launch pad pictures have you taken where the nose cone shoulder is exposed and a different color?

There are plenty of inside corners to paint on the fin end.

To get complete coverage, try to spray the inside fin joints first then come back and spray the outside exposed surfaces. This way you are sure to get paint in all the inside angles.