Enerjet News Mercury Little Joe Build, Part 9A, Black Fin?

Apparently one fin on the Little Joe I is orange on one side and black on the other!
Here's a conversation from TRF:

Originally Posted by Peter Alway 
"Funny how once you've seen that fin black on one side, you can't unsee it!"
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Response from James Duffy:
"Tell me about it. I'm off to the hobby shop this afternoon for more black lacquer.

Here's what Peter is referring to: After building Little Joe models for the past decade and a half, Peter gently pointed out that one side of the orange fin is actually black. After staring at still and motion photography of this thing for sixteen years I had never noticed this major detail, simply assuming that this side of the fin was in deep shadow. Fortunately the modular construction of the model will allow the fin to be removed and repainted easily.

Never underestimate the power of a second set of eyes deployed in any situation."

James
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My response:
"James, I'm following this build closely! Impressive work.

What? one side of the orange fin is black? All this time I thought it was one orange fin, orange on both sides.
I'm building the Enerjet News Little Joe right now.
http://oldrocketplans.com/pubs/Enerj...enerjet173.htm

I know their scale data isn't really correct, I'm just building it like plan using the Estes re-issue capsule and tower.
With the black capsule it's closer to the LJ5, LJ5A and LJ5B versions without the orange on the body.
The orange fin is glued on, mine will stay orange on both sides.
It'll end up a sorta look alike semi scale flier."

Hans "Chris" Michielssen

Old/New NAR # 19086 SR