Paint Desin Help

Hello All, I am not sure if there is any one out there that is good with colors but I am not. I am in the process of building the below rocket and am not having any luck with the paint schemes. I am wondering if anyone here has any good suggestions for me or a good place to go to get design ideas. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I'd say hunt through old Estes, Centuri, Quest, and other rocketry catalogs and find one that appeals to you.

You can find Estes and Centuri here... https://www.estesrockets.com/customer-service/full-catalog/

However Ninfinger has more options to surf... https://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/rockets.html

FWIW, I like the scheme you came up with there. I just hope the pods don't destroy the fins they're mounted to.

K'Tesh said:

FWIW, I like the scheme you came up with there. I just hope the pods don't destroy the fins they're mounted to.

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Thanks for the tips and you and me both hope that does not happen. I am using 1/8" G10 fins that have 6 fillets on the main tube and 6 fillets on the side tubes as the fin goes through the body and mounts to the motor mount. The first flight will tell me if this is enough or not

Here is a pic of the fins set in place but not yet glued

I started this thread awhile back about two-tone schemes but it never really took off. You might get some inspiration from it however, or not.

https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?126007-Two-Tone-Military-Paint-Schemes

Neat Sci-Fi design!

I am partial to rockets with pods on the fins. One thing I was warned about is that the pods can sometimes tangle in the recovery gear, so give yourself a plenty long shock cord.

Here is a "pod rocket" I built, and the paint design I used. It evolved over time, with more details being added as I went along. All of the paints are Rustoleum Stops Rust Metallics (not Bright Coat metallics). That line of paint is very compatible from one color to the next, and it dries very quickly and is pretty durable. It has a metal flake effect that does not come through well in photos.

https://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/stops-rust/metallic

If it has pods the scheme needs to be a bit crazy. Look for Flis Kits US TOG schemes.

Houdeani01 said:

I am wondering if anyone here has any good suggestions for me or a good place to go to get design ideas. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Isn't that a bit like going to a large club launch and asking "Does anybody have a knife?" But to be honest, I have the knife but not the talent for designing paint schemes. I'd post this question over in the scratch build subforum, and look at the build threads there for inspiration as well.

Hey thanks everyone for the links and pictures I do realize this is not a easy question to ask/answer as everyone is different. I just wanted to see if I could get some inspiration as I am not very artistic.

Trying some different paint schemes in RockSim