Blackjack,
Thanks for the advice. That Thorazine looks great! I have a can of Rustoleum Racing Green Metallic, so I may switch to use it instead of the black.
Which Rustoleum clear did you use? I have Rustoleum Stops Rust Crystal Clear, Rustoleum Painters Touch Gloss Clear, and Matte Clear.
Yes it will pull when trying to tape over it for other colors. Your best bet is to try and figure out how to do the jagged lines first or use a paint pen if it's just lines. You can get those at any craft store in just about any color. [Micheal's etc}
The areas that I want black are a bit too large to do with a paint pen. The black will cover roughly half the body tube, plus one side of each fin. The attached RockSim render shows what I have in mind.
The nose cone seems to get a lot of abuse at ejection and during transport to the field. If the fluorescent green was not very durable, I would reverse the colors, with black on the nose and green on the rear half of the body.
Do you think the fluorescent green will stick well to a plastic nose cone, or will it scratch and chip easily? The primer that I already have on the nose seems pretty well bonded, so I wouldn't think that the fl-green would care what's underneath the primer.
After priming and sanding....spray a light coat of white primer. Then do NOT sand it. This will provide more tooth or bite for the flours paint. It definitely is a different consistency than normal stuff.
Yeah, I have had fluorescents bead up and run easily when applied over gloss white. Before applying fluorescents, I usually just rub the white primer down with a paper towel to knock off any dust that may have gotten trapped in the primer.
Tape off the primer area that will get the flours color and paint the contrast color FIRST. Then uncover the primed area and do the flours.
Do not try and seal the flours. color with a heavy coat to the tape....it will not work.
Here was my original plan:
1) Fill all wood grain and spirals. Sand. Repeat. (DONE)
2) Glue flat fins to body and apply fillets. (DONE)
3) Spray entire rocket with white primer. (DONE).
4) Spray outside of ring fins fluorescent yellow (DONE).
5) Spray fluorescent green over nose, body, and one surface of each fin. If I got a little on the other fin surface, don't worry.
6) Use masking tape and paper to cover the areas that I wanted to remain green.
6b) Optional: Spray some fl green or some clear to seal the edges of the tape.
7) Spray black over half of body, the other surface of each fin, and the inside of the ring fins.
8) Remove tape.
9) Attach ring fins to flat fins.
10) Apply clear coat over everything.
Based on your feedback, it sounds like I should change the order a bit.
1) Fill all wood grain and spirals. Sand. Repeat. (DONE)
2) Glue flat fins to body and apply fillets. (DONE)
3) Spray entire rocket with white primer. (DONE).
4) Spray outside of ring fins fluorescent yellow (DONE).
5) Use masking tape and paper to cover the areas that I wanted to be green. Only expose half of the body, one surface of each fin, and inside of the ring fins.
6) Spray the exposed area with gloss black.
7) Remove tape.
8) Use new tape to cover the black areas and expose the still-white primer areas. Align tape very carefully on the edges of the black area.
8b) Optional: Spray some matte clear to seal the edges of the tape. May not be needed because tape should seal well against gloss black. Besides, fluorescent green won't show up well on black if it does leak under the tape a little.
9) Spray fluorescent green over the nose and exposed areas of the body and one surface of each fin.
10) Remove tape.
11) Attach ring fins to flat fins.
12) Apply gloss clear coat over everything.
Does this sound like the right order to you?
