The new, wider fairing was glued onto the split engine tube.
CA glue was applied with a Q-tip. After drying the fairing was lightly sanded smooth with 400 grit.
The exposed end surfaces were blackened with a Sharpie.
These inside areas would be very hard to get to with a spray can after gluing onto the rocket body.
The housing are set in place and a light pencil line was traced around the housing. Go light with the pencil, you don't want to scar the balsa.
Masking tape was set down a little inside the pencil line.
It took quite a few coats of hand painted fluorescent paint to get a good coverage.
TIP: Only use fluorescent paint over an opaque white surface!
Here's the inside of the engine surface after about four coats of fluorescent orange. Paint, lightly sand the high spots and paint again.
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