Estes Saturn 1B, #7251 Build, Part 27, Painting The Fins, Outside Edge Color Separations

TIP: When the tape on the leading edge tape was lifted, the paint line was rough.

A Mister Clean Magic Sponge was wetted and wrung out. Wipe a Q-tip on the damp sponge, picking up some of the cleaner. Run the wet Q-tip down the white side leading edge and a little over onto the rough black paint line. After a few passes you should be able to remove some paint and clean up the paint edge.

Here's another fin mask reveal.

The plastic fin surfaces are very smooth, Scotch tape works well for a mask.

On the left the masking tape is pulled, the Scotch tape is underneath, some of the Sharpie ink came up on the masking tape overlay.

The outside edges of a few of the fins are split half black, half white.

The outside edge is thin!

TIP: I put a few pieces of tape over the sharp edge of a single edge razor blade. The opposite rolled over side was used like a small straightedge. The ultra fine point Sharpie was used to draw a thin border line. 

Build time:

Spray one side of fins: 15 minutes

Spray other side of fins: 15 minutes

Remove tape, touch up fins: 55 minutes 

Total build time so far: 21 hours, 35 minutes