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First coat of epoxy paint & thinking about the rig

Today was warmer, for Seattle at least, and it reached 60 degrees! Woo hoo! So I did my base color, white, on top of the filler that I did over the weekend. Sprayed four light coats on. Just the smallest amount of orange peel... certainly much less than when I sprayed my T37 last fall. It was much colder then and I now think that that caused the huge amount of orange peel that I had.


Star 45 RC Sailboat rudder

Tomorrow I'll mask for the white lines and then spray on the red. Should look great! Then the next day some yellow accents and finally a black number. Not very traditional for a Star 45 (Most Star's I've seen are one solid color) but I'll like it and that's all that matters.

Also have been thinking about the rig. A recommendation from the Star 45 Yahoo Group page said I should check out  the EC12 site. The EC12 ("East Coast 12-meter RC sailboat has a rig about the same size as the Star 45 and the rigging page is pretty helpful. I'll use some of their ideas I'm sure.


Peace!




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