TIP: Do all silver masks last - Never lay masking tape over a metallic paint! The sticky tape can mar the reflective paint surface.
After the silver was sprayed -
After the green has been sprayed, you've still got more masking! Most of the upper body tube is sprayed silver.
On the left, the picture shows the mask around the rounded leading edge of the wing. After the root edges are masked, the rest of the wings are covered.
The green top fin and forward extension are also masked.
Here's how the top looks after the tape was pulled.
I have some rolled paper slipped into the top of the tube to keep out the paint.
And the bottom view . . .
How far down from the top of the body tube do you mask for the silver, or does the silver go all the way to the top? The mask on the bottom between the wings and fins is easier to figure out.
ReplyDeleteHi Smackiepipe,
DeleteOn my builds I had the silver go all the way to the top edge of the tube. Looking back again at the Estes paint illustrations, the original Harry Stine design may have had the white extend down past the nose cone shoulder and onto the body tube a bit, closer to the leading edge of the wings.