I shot some clear coat last night. It sucked, dulling the shiny silver finish on my newest Midget upscale, but the rocket is nevertheless deemed finished. Here's a little write-up I did on it and two other new motor eaters, all ready for maiden flights.

http://home.flash.net/~samily/motor-eaters

BTW, it was Minwax's water-based acrylic over silver. The silver is the problem. It can't live without a clear coat, and it can't live with one

Doug

Yeah, Doug, that really looks like hell. Who'd want to show up at a launch with a rocket finished that poorly. Geez, you can almost see a tube spiral or a balsa grain.
Dulled or not, those look great. Looking forward to the flight reports. Are you flying this weekend, or waiting until 2006?

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I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2

Future Floor Polish has been friendly to my rockets. I haven't put it on silver spray paint yet, but it really made the Citation Patriot metallic decals look wet and shiny!