Estes Great Goblin, #9724 Build, Part 18, Spraying The Nose Cone

How do you hold onto a large nose cone to spray it black?

I carved and tapered a dowel to fit into the hole in the base of the shoulder. The tapered tip goes in about 1 1/2" and is a tight wedged fit.

The shoulder is masked off with a piece of 110 lb. cardstock.

Sanding down the gray filler/primer showed two notches in the nose cone. 

These are too deep to be filled by the filled/primer. I'll have to use a drop of medium CA and sanding.

Directly below the notches you can see what's left of the molding seam. The filler/primer did it's job.

No white undercoat is needed when black is the final color.

I got a pretty good gloss and reflection using the ACE Hardware premium enamel.