Hola my Friends!

My apologies to all as it has been awhile since the last time I started a thread. Been taking care of my "media naranja" or better half. But was able to slip some building time while she was resting and decided to work on the Estes Lunar Scout. Not on real time but will share some of my experiences.

Mr. Blanche always says to me "Dude, you always do things the hard way..." What can I say, that is me... and so I decided to finish each part of the LS before assembly. And this approached worked for me... From start to finish I think it took me about two week total as I dedicated about an hour each night to address any building details. The painting took place in the morning as it was raining "cats and dogs" here in Bogota, Colombia. Paint (Rusto-oleum) took about two day to cure. I knew that the white and red paints would be no problem to work with but I did not have a good source of gold paint. I decided to try the "gold foil" from pastry trays I had handy and I think it turned out great. I only covered one side for the two rings, the radar dish, and the tree parts that go over the fins near the central BT. The exposed areas for those part were painted black.

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- Raúl
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