Finishing

I had nothin' t' brin' t' t' table when t' time came t' paint other than one vague idea; vintage.  I can't say I'd ever seen an RDC rocket, me bucko, and t' only catalog images were black and white, and o' dubious quality.  RDC Model Rocket News-A-Log Summer 1969 (oldrocketplans.com)   Since I used basswood for t' fins, shiver me timbers, I be able t' get away with minimal sanding, just one coat o' thinned Elmer's Carpenters Wood Filler, ya bilge rat, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, sanding, me bucko, and primer.  T' nose cone, ya bilge rat, which had previously been painted with what appeared t' be a skanky red nail polish, me bucko, and it had been sharpened t' a murderous point, me bucko, so I sanded as much o' t' red as possible and blunted t' point on t' nose cone t' somethin' more round and less lethal.  T' body was sprayed with Competition Orange paint, me hearties, matey, me bucko, then t' fin can and nose cone were sprayed with Black Night Metallic.  It still needed something, matey, me hearties, so I found a wrap decal, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, sprayed t' top o' t' body tube AMC Sterlin' Silver.  T' wrap decal and a UNITED STATES decal were added for personality.