Here is an example of papering fins, and even body tubes, not necessarily for grain or spiral seam filling purposes, but for creating complex patterns without having to mask and paint and decal, just print everything on your ink-jet. Finishing a cardstock model just requires clear-coat: gloss, satin, matte, whatever you prefer. No primering, sanding, or decals needed.

For example, Dr. Zooch kits typically include body tube wraps, and on these particular ASTP Saturn 1B and Soyuz, the boosters & tanks themselves are rolled from cardstock paper. (the Saturn 1B here are wraps made by Rosco Racer, not the stock wraps in the kit) The kit fins are cut from balsa and require painting to match the body tube roll pattern, but I had another idea to print up my own paper fin wraps with the roll pattern pre-printed, and for those little transition filler parts that go between the tanks.

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