Enerjet by Aerotech, Astrobee D Build, Part 30, Setting The Aluminum Wrap

Scale drawings are included in the kit.
This shows the two possible build variations, a Flight Configuration (with three bands of screws) or the Launch Configuration with the aluminum band.

I ended up using the aluminum band after peeling up the two lower rows of sticker screws.

The scale drawing says the aluminum band should be 1.31" wide. The supplied self adhesive strip is around 1.25" wide.

I was concerned the raised color separation line might show under the thin metal band.

The paint line will be covered with the wrap, so the mask line was sanded down and smoothed out.

Note the white strip of paper above the the top of where the strip will be placed. This gives me a straight reference line for placement.

The strip was rolled around the tube, smoothing as you go, using the paper edge as a top guideline.