06-26-2017, 08:35 AM
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Intermediate Rocketeer
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Greater Kansas City
Posts: 39
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Originally Posted by hcmbanjo
The Kevlar isn't real long, I don't want it to extend beyond the end
of the body tube preventing zippers. The body tubes are heavy wall BT-50
and a Kevlar snap back might still cut through it.
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Logical - also I've noticed that the Kevlar will fray on the tube edge if it's unprotected.
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Originally Posted by hcmbanjo
One point before you paint -
That yellow nose cone is hard to cover with just a white coat of paint.
Use a grey primer first, then a few coats of white.
For some reason that yellow plastic can show through a light coat of paint.
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Right - saw the addendum to the instructions. I prefer a white primer over grey, especially when the base color will be light. I guess everyone's having problems with rattle can whites these days. I tried airbrushing acrylics with some success; large areas give me trouble so I'm going to try a base coat from a rattle can and then do the trim/highlights with an airbrush. Using an airbrush takes some practice.
Managed to get a layer of primer on the four of them over the weekend. This is Duplicolor's White Sandable. It appears to fill pretty well without getting it so heavy that it runs. It isn't as opaque as Restoleum's 2X product. There's a bit of work to do before I'm ready for the base coat; I'll get some detail pics and post them later.
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Tim
NAR 78486 L2
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