Before the decals can be applied, all the tower pieces were painted gloss white.
I tend to paint my scale models with gloss paint. Flat white paint is a dirt and finger oil magnet. You can quickly soil a good finish. Dirt and oils don't stick to gloss paint. If the rocket gets dirty it can be cleaned off. If this model were to be entered in Scale Competition it would have a flat finish and be handled with clean gloves.
Here's the escape motor assembly was painted.
Let paint dry for a few days before trying to apply decals.
The underside of the skirt is marked for the tower structure gluing.
The top of the tower jig is slipped over the raised center circle.
Paint was scraped off where the tower top will glue on.
Build time this post: 0 hour, 45 minutes
Total build time so far: 15 hours, 55 minutes
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