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Also, a common mistake I see when painting live missiles is to neglect the aft caps on the weapons. The HARM has a black rubber cap that protects the exhaust, and the AIM-9M has an orangish hue to it that is a solid circle (the CATM-9 has a slotted aft end, like a straight slot screw, and is painted the same color as the missile body).

 

Semper,

 

Ski

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15 hours ago, usmcski6502 said:

Also, a common mistake I see when painting live missiles is to neglect the aft caps on the weapons. The HARM has a black rubber cap that protects the exhaust, and the AIM-9M has an orangish hue to it that is a solid circle (the CATM-9 has a slotted aft end, like a straight slot screw, and is painted the same color as the missile body).

 

Semper,

 

Ski

 

can you give more details about what the aft caps are for? are they something that would be present on an aircraft during flight?

 

i've been trying to pay more attention to details like this on ordnance. kills me when a kit missile is just a flat circle at the end!

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1 hour ago, annie.shikinami said:

 

can you give more details about what the aft caps are for? are they something that would be present on an aircraft during flight?

 

i've been trying to pay more attention to details like this on ordnance. kills me when a kit missile is just a flat circle at the end!

 

He quite literally states what they're for in his post. And yes, they're present on the missile in flight and are blown/burned away when the missile is fired.

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