Descent Stage coating

A couple of aluminum takeaway trays have found a new life masquerading as nickel foil on the top of the descent stage. Cutting the aluminum with my Exacto knife turned out to be a little tricky. The blade lost a lot of it’s sharpness almost immediately so I had to be careful not to cut it unevenly. A few failed pieces had to be scrapped.

Somehow I got there in the end.

Next I need to ad the dreaded 5 mil Kapton…