Primering and Painting

you guessed it; again a time consuming part of the build!

oh, i forgot to mention the dismantling of some of the ring elements! the inner shells didn´t really fit into the rings! here is what i mean...

so "breaking" the four segments, adding the inner shell, put everything back together and glueing them again.
after this action, there were some small gaps, that had to be refilled. therefore i used some fine putty. sanding was the next step.

when the surface was smooth enough, a grey primer could be applied as to be seen on the above pic!

then again some fine sanding and the first of three layers of orange paint found it´s way to the plastic surface!