Klatuso
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I'm still trying to find my way building these new bigger MPR rockets. As a teenager I had Elmer's Glue and spray paint. Now, for the fin fillets I apply wood glue, or in the case of my NCR SA-14 Archer epoxy (what a mess). After the fillet I applied slightly diluted minwax wood filler. Perhaps I applied too much, I used a Q tip and then sanded it all down first with varying Dremel tips (Minwax wood filler is damned hard) and 220 sand paper then 400. It took all morning for four fins. Holy Moly! Then I applied basic Spackle and sanded again.
Am I overworking and overthinking this process? I think I could've just applied some spackle to the first fillet and be done with it. I want to build a super clean rocket but I don't want to spend all morning sanding just to apply Spackle for the final smoothing in order to apply sander/primer to sand all over again. Welcome to MPR I guess?
What shortcuts do you find helpful in the preparation of your rockets?
Am I overworking and overthinking this process? I think I could've just applied some spackle to the first fillet and be done with it. I want to build a super clean rocket but I don't want to spend all morning sanding just to apply Spackle for the final smoothing in order to apply sander/primer to sand all over again. Welcome to MPR I guess?
What shortcuts do you find helpful in the preparation of your rockets?