F1 Rocket
The rocket had it's maiden flight in April 2011. It came to us in bare aluminum parts almost two years ago. We acid etched it and annodized it and painted it piece by piece. The whole process is documented on this page - just scroll down for more pics.
To see a video of the first flight click here
The wings assembled in the shop in white primer
Laying out the graphics on the tail
Rudder in white primer
Parts in the booth masked and ready for color
yellow
Some fibreglass parts in yellow base
Graphics coming together on the tail wing
Graphics going on the wings
Add some black
The wings were clearcoated one at a time in the spray booth
All the wing parts in final paint
Annodizes bare aluminium fusilage getting some white primer
The fuselage in white primer, time for endless hours of sanding
