Estes Skylab #001973, Build, Part 28, Touch-ups!

The ink borders are a bit thinner than the spray painted black areas.

The paint ridges might be noticeable where the black is on the body tubes. You won't see any ridge on the corrugated areas.

I went over the ridges very lightly with some 800 grit sandpaper wrapped around a Q-tip.

This picture shows where I sanded too deep. You can see a bit of the white paint underneath the color separation line.

I sprayed some black in a small cup and did some touchup work with a small flat brush.

The ACE Hardware Premium paint works well when touching up like this - it melds into the surface paint and won't show after the dull coat is shot after decals.

Here's the upper wrap after some touch-ups. More touchups followed before the decals and the final dull coat.

TIP: Notice the Solar Array pieces aren't glued on yet. It's much easier to paint and touchup then glue on the all white pieces.

I probably spent two hours touching up the white and black areas.