MPC Lunar Patrol: Part 12 - Let The Painting Begin !

The first task in getting the LP finished is painting the interiors of the booster pods and glider fuselage tubes.  I went with some matte black acrylic for this part.

Back in my 'old fleet' days, I wouldn't have bothered with this detail.  Back then, it was all about getting the bird out to the launch pad ASAP, without spending a great deal of time with the craftsmanship aspect of the build.
Nowadays, in my curmudgeonly, grumpy, perfectionistic old-fart BAR years, these details do not go overlooked!

Next is a couple of brushed-on coats of gloss black enamel to the glider nose cones.

 I'm not worried at all about weight here, since I am going to have to add more to the nose cone bases anyway for glide trimming.

Next up- the good stuff - masking and shooting the base color coats.

Cheers.