ASP Micro Sandia Sandhawk Build, Part 8, Masking For The Red & Black

Here's the low end after the final gloss white undercoats.

Everything looks good, the little root edge fillets are smooth and even.

Masking the small fin root edges was tricky.

All four fins were taped off to remain white. One fin will be painted black later. The upper body tube/nose cone section also remain white.

The instructions call for a phosphorescent red/orange paint. The Alway R.O.T.W. book says red/orange. The old Estes kit #1251 says to use matte red. I didn't have red/orange, it's a tough spray paint color to find. I took the easy route and went with red.

The inset picture shows the mask lines after the tape was lifted.

The upper root edge separation is good, the lower root edge line is a little rough. It might need some scraping and touchup.

One fin is painted black - 

Here's that mask.

This is after the tape was pulled. Not a perfect color separation but on a model this small it'll do.