Remember step 63 where I said to trace
the Deck & Cabin onto paper for painting? If you are painting the Deck
one color and the Hull another, you can mask between them on the flange
that the Rub Rail slips onto. Cut out the traced line. |

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Set the boat onto the cutout.
Remove the rub rail. The antenna may get in the way. Consider attaching it
after painting. |

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Put a drinking straw over the antenna to mask it. Put masking tape around the flange.
Just tape the outer half of the flange. Keep the tape off of the bulwark. |

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Lift the paper to the
masking tape aligning the edge of the paper to the edge of the flange. |

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Make sure it is sealed
tightly to the tape and flange. Otherwise, spray paint may leak through.
Put clear packing tape over the two openings. After painting, leave the
rear hatch taped to help prevent leakage. |

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To paint the hull, invert the boat. Cut a
thin piece of masking tape and mask the end of the stern tube bearing in
front of the prop drive dog, to keep the paint away. If you
glued the antenna mast like I did, hang the antenna over the edge of the
table. To keep from falling off, you may need to tape the battery into the
bow, making it heavier than the stern. |

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This will result in a paint job like this.
(The rear hatch cover is a prototype. The kit hatch cover has a finer
texture.) |

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If you want your bulwark (that raised
railing around the deck) to be the same color as the Hull, you can mask at
the inside of the bulwark. After painting the Deck & Cabin let the
paint dry 3 days. (Read the can. The tape will stick without damaging the
paint in about a day but painting over uncured Hobby Enamel will cause the
paint to wrinkle.) |

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Put a length of masking tape along the
inside of the bulwark as shown above. Put masking tape along the edge of
pieces of paper to make "masking paper". Attach the masking
paper to the tape. Do this all around the bulwark. |

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Holding the boat upside-down in one hand,
or on a cleverly constructed support, you can spray the Hull and Upper
Bulwark at the same time. Stand the Hull upside down on it’s cabin to
dry. The hull is Stern heavy. You may have to secure the battery in the
Hull or put in a temporary weight to keep the inverted Hull from falling
over. |

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