Somewhat against expectations, we got some nice painting weather this afternoon. I may have left work a bit earlier than usual.
First thing was to touch up the Mega Mosquito. It’d gotten a couple of fin edges scuffed in a minor mishap Sunday; there were also a couple of spots where the orange paint went on a little thin. I swapped nozzles between the orange Rusto and a near-empty primer can, and had no trouble fixing those areas.
Next I masked the Mosquito to paint one fin (and nearby body tube) black. I used scotch tape and blue tape again; given that the tape was about as wide as the Mosquito, that got interesting.
The masking job for the Dead Ringer was even more jolly fun.
And finally the Mega Mosquito got a matching fin.
On both Mosquitos the masking job wasn’t perfect, but it was pretty much fine with me. (I did do a bit of touch up on the Mega.) It certainly was better than the Bad Cholesterol masking, I’ll say that. As for the Dead Ringer, I like it!
We’re still supposed to get rain the next few days, so I don’t know if we’ll launch Saturday, but these guys should be ready if we do.
