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Old 12-28-2010, 09:47 PM
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Take a look at the attached photo. It looks more like a different shade of aluminum.

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This HAS to be mission LJ-1 (as opposed to LJ-1A), and that means I have color photos of both sides of the same vehicle. No all-orange fin on this vehicle.



http://www.spacemodeling.org/PeterMcQuillan/chart.html is the easiest way to tell which LJ is which. It's fairly easy to identify the ones with the prototype and boilerplate capsules (the only boilerplate was 1A). The flights with the production capsules are more difficult.
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Old 12-28-2010, 10:28 PM
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The paint test.
I painted a scrap piece of BT80 with the same primers and same metallic aluminum topcoat I used on the LJ booster and fins and then did a test section with the Model Master International Orange enamel. I'll let it dry and de-gas for a day, but I think it's compatible. I think the shade of orange is correct, also.

I'll probably NOT use adhesive trim film for the orange. TBC
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Old 12-29-2010, 06:06 AM
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I'll probably NOT use adhesive trim film for the orange. TBC



Because I'm not really that good at masking and painting, when I was building a BT-50 LJ I did the rectangles on the side of the booster by painting decal paper with International Orange paint. It's much thinner than trim film and you can't tell it isn't painted directly on the model.
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Old 12-29-2010, 09:55 AM
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Yes, I'm doing LJ-5B. It will have one all-orange fin. I'm preparing to do a paint compatibilty test to see if Mary can paint Model Master Intl. Orange enamel over the metallic aluminum I shot the booster and fins with.

Metallic paint can be REALLY funny sometimes.


Jeff,
If you use 'Alclad' paint brand silvers, it works much better. It is a lacquer-based paint.
Dries very fast, but you need to airbrush it on. You most likely know this already, I bet!

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Old 12-29-2010, 11:10 AM
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Alrightythen....

I took a deep breath and made a short prayer to "Tino Pinto" the pagan god of hack rocket painters (actually, I just now made that up. I don't know how I do it--just gifted I guess.)
...and painted the first coat of Model Master International orange onto the fin of the LJI.

I think it will be OK.
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Old 12-29-2010, 11:58 AM
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Any bad words when you peel that tape off that silver paint? I've been through the entire bad word dictionary then.
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I have at least one more coat to lay on the fin, then I'll remove the tape.

...and then the bad words.
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I laid the 3rd coat and removed the tape. The tape came off clean. Thank you, Tinto Pinto!

Now for tips of the remaining fins.....
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I laid the 3rd coat and removed the tape. The tape came off clean. Thank you, Tinto Pinto!

Now for tips of the remaining fins.....


Yes, it looks great!
What silver did you use and how long was it on the model? I like the Alclad, but I'd love an alternative.
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Old 12-30-2010, 11:11 AM
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The silver paint is a can of "old formula" Krylon 1404 Chrome Aluminum. I've always liked it. It's also the end of it. I need to see if Ace Hardware has any old stock left. The tips are all painted now and the tape came off clean again. I've also painted the bottom cavity a neutral flat black.

The model is almost done now. I hope the vertical "UNITED STATES" dry-transfer decals for the booster that came with the kit are still viable. I'll know today.
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