Saturday, October 15, 2022

Estes Solar Sailer II, Kit # 2044, Step 10, An Easy Mask


This is an easy mask, welcomed after the last Space Shuttle paint.
A single line 3 3/4" above the low end of the upper tube.
A tube wrap mask is hard to line up. I used a wrap of paper and slid it down to the 3 3/4" pencil mark. This gave me a straight line to set the Scotch tape mask around.

The upper paper guide was removed.




The upper body is to be painted gloss Red.

Brown masking tape held down a wrap of a plastic bag over the mid body.
A Subway sandwich shop bag was an easy complete fit over the lower end fins and engine mount.


On the left, the brown masking tape and plastic bag is removed. You can see how rough a brown masking line is.

On the right, the Scotch tape mask has been removed leaving a clean color separation.





I like to leave the nose cone out about 1/16". This allows some paint below the nose cone lip edge and covers the inside tip end of the body tube.

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