Finally got 2 coats of paint on 2 of the 4 models today .
Kind of windy and 64 degrees but no problems with the paint .
1 model did get 2 small runs but a bout with sandpaper and a light coat of paint and all will be well.
The 2 payload sections and nosecones will be painted silver after a base coat of white .
The reason for the silver is the black paint was removed from the payload and nosecone sections of these 2 vehicles.
an example is attached below
white paint added now needs some sanding on 2 small runs and another coat of white paint
launch lugs will not be added on the 2 white models until the roll pasterns have been painted
Finally got my order of microscale will probably be placing decals on the solid black colored Black Brant soon,
but I half to add some liquid decal film to the decals first.
And I corrected the 2 runs I got in the white paint and gave the 4 payload sections another coat of white paint
Got to applying a layer of microsol decal film on a scrap section of decal to see if I may have any problems.
No problems thus far. The instructions say let the film dry for 15 minutes before using decal.
I am gonna wait till the next morning. Tomorrow after lunch I will be applying the deacal to a scrap section of black airframe .
If you zoom in on the decal you can see it's detail.. The mixing cups were from the dollar tree sold a disposable "shot" glasses
the brush came from Hobby Lobby , Masters Touch pony hair small mop-oval series 425 size 1/2 item number 100289 $5 on sale for 50% off
I used the 40% off coupon for a pack of Estes D12-5 motors
Well I could not wait so I started a tad early
the scrap decal I used was just like the original one I was gonna use but the scrap decal bottom section was a tad to tall or side to side in the photo.
With no BT55 airframe on hand to use I settled for a left over section of 4 inch diameter tube that was painted black
the decal is supposed to be a complete wrap around for an Estes BT55 tube
I will be sticking with "D" sized "E" and baby "F" for now
If I use a high end "E" or "F" it will be later on with a bigger diameter airframe as the airframe I am
using now is just an Estes BT-55
The weatherman here in North Carolina is calling for 64 degrees Sunday and 60 degrees on Monday
Sooooo I need to get the 2 Black Brants I have that are painted white masked off to give it it's black roll pattern and
checkerboard pattern on the fins . This way I can spray them outside. ( don't have a spray booth yet )
That will give me something to do while the 4 inches of snow falls that is supposed to hit Wednesday PM
I finally got one of the airframes lined up and almost ready for masking
I used open rocket to print out a fin alignment guide for 8 fins on a BT-55 airframe.
With the airframe being 16 inches long each one of the roll patterns are 4.75 inches long.
The roll pattern ends just forward of the center line of the fins. If you look at one of the
attached photos you can see that you take the forward section of the fin and divide it by 4.
The end of the roll pattern ends 1/4 of these section before you get to the center of the fin