ThirstyBarbarian
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These are really fantastic. Great job.
I'd really be interested in how it holds up long term.
My experience has been that I've found a few ways to get a good looking "metallic/chrome/silver/type" finish, but none of them hold up to ANY sort of use, handling, cleaning, polishing, clear-coating, etc. I've resigned myself to getting a great looking photo or two if I'm VERY careful, but then accepting that it's all downhill from there. Even handling with cotton gloves long after the paint has "cured" leaves marks and blemishes that get even worse if I try to fix/polish them. Ah well, I kinda like battle scars in my rockets anyway once they start flying.
Here's what mine look like (immediately after the paint dries).
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Thanks for the compliment. Mine already has a few blemishes just from finishing up the rocket. I had to add the rail guides and add nose weigh, and just handling during those activities added some finger prints and other spots and smudges. My Silver Comet doesn't seem as prone to picking up finger prints and other blemishes, but it has sat in a hot garage for nearly a year since being painted, so maybe it is just more cured. Your rocket in the photo looks great! I love thee kinds of retro-future sci-fi rockets!
My wife thinks it's funny I spend so much time sanding and painting to make them look nice, then shoot them in the air with a 100% certainly they will come back at least banged up a bit and a good chance of having them totally destroyed eventually. It is kind of weird. But everyone needs an art form, even if it is not a permanent one.