Most excellent and thank you. It's tedious as well for me though when I do start seeing the results, I know a little bit more isn't as bad. Check out the B-17 build I had going, specifically the engine nacelle work. Lots of Red Devil spackle on them but it sanded like no one's business! Again, thank you!
This is the main body tube with a first coat of the LustreKote. This is really looking good!
Another view further down towards the fin unit.
And now of the fin area. I'll still need to add more detail here, but I just wanted to see if I was getting anywhere here. It's not bad. Later, I'll sand most of it down till I just see the BT, then stop and proceed with the final coat of white paint. Remember, this is still the primer coat I've got on now.
Now for the 'angle iron'. As always, one has some regrets in regards to how they've gone about doing something and this is no exception. I chose to do this after I had primmered everything and it did in fact make the adhesion of the CA glue somewhat difficult and messy. These styrene pieces are not easy to bend against the inherent angle of the structure. More than one piece did I break in this process. Having looked back on it, I should have used my heating gun that I use for shrinking the plastic covering on some of my airplanes to soften the material making it more pliable.
A shot of the other side sans rivet detail. Speaking of rivets, there will be more work to be done on the fin area concerning the addition of more rivets. I'm at a stand still with whether or not I should continue with the rest of the booster. That in my opinion will test my patience, though I'm finding myself leaning towards that possibility.
