With the white top half painted, it was a fairly straight forward step to mask the top off and paint the bottom half.
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| Masking for two-tone paint job., |
Like the white paint, I was able to find a suitable color from rattle cans I had on hand. In this case, grey Tamiya primer seemed to be a great match. So far two colors and no airbrush needed. Score one for lazyness!
Once allowed to dry a bit, I was a bit anxious to see how my masking came out.
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| Almost looks like an airplane. |
To my delight, no paint seepage or noticeable defects. It was starting to look like a plane.
For personal encouragement, I popped the Shuttle back on top to bask in some sense of accomplishment.
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| Seeing the light at the end of the table |
You may notice that I've also removed the decals from the Shuttle. Fortunately those came off without needing any sanding. I forgot to take a picture, but the Shuttle's decals were very yellowed. No clear-coat was on the original, so some hot water and careful rubbing made the decals fairly easy to remove.
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