Estes Nike Apache Build Part 8, White Undercoat and Touch-up

The sections were joined and a dowel/casing paint wand was slipped in the engine mount.
Two light coats of gloss white were sprayed with light 400 grit sanding between coats.

Look close and you can see the sanded fin fillets.
Paint coats can actually act like the final fillers when sanded to surface.

These fillets were sanded with 400 grit wrapped around a "padded" Q-tip.





As careful as I tried to be, I sanded through the white paint and almost to the balsa.
You can see the gray primer on the corner of the fin.

TIP: Some Rusto 2X gloss white was sprayed into a small cup.
A Q-tip was dipped in the paint and the excess wiped off.
The end was rolled over the exposed corner.

The Rusto 2X paints allow easy touch-ups, they blend easy without lifting up the base coat.
Just be sure to "roll" the Q-tip over the area. Don't brush or scrub the paint on, roll the wet tip over the touch-up.