I use painting wands to hold my rockets horizontally when spray painting. The wand is a 1/2" dowel shoved into a used 18mm engine casin...

I'm back from vacation, hoping to paint the lower body assemblies - but, it's been raining! So, onto other steps.   Check both sides...

The nose cone color was picked to closely match the upper roll bar on the sticker sheet. An earlier post showed bubbles as the nose cone pai...

While the fit of the vane sides were pretty good, the edges could still use a fillet. I used Titebond Quick and Thick with a smaller Elmer&#...

  With the low end tip of the vane set at the tape wrap,  the vane is pressed in place down the pencil line. Hold the vanes in place with ta...

The rear of the vanes are 2" from the front tip of the fins. Instead of using the wrap around guide, I got out my aluminum angle. It...

Earlier -  The lower lock ring (on the engine mount) had to be moved forward 1/2" to be in the correct position for the rings to sit ju...