Well Leo suggested not less than 30gm - I was going to up that as noseweight to a bit higher and Noris reckons 45gm (which is unreliable given most of their dimensioning is wrong. I will have to wait and see how ass end heavy she is. Theres a lot of filler work to come which wont do the weight any favours.
ANYWAY - Onwards with my Iron Cross (with Oak Leaves, Swords, Diamonds and Filler Tube).......The build is a lot more advanced than the thread because finding time to take the pics, edit them and then post is quite hard at times.
Heres where the thread is....
Time to install the motor tube to the main body tube. This is relatively straightforward and on the Natter in some ways easier because the body tubes dont fit all that well and the result is the glue doesnt have that grab and hold factor that often makes this step a bit scary.
There are however issues - you need to have the plastic tail assembly to hand to make sure the motor tube goes far enough back to meet the rear of the plastic tail and not too far back - its got to be just right (like I didnt in fact as you will see later in the thread. I saw the potential for trouble and planned around it but the unexpected happened later on.
Anyway - the motoir tube was installed accurately using the tail part as a guide to get the depth of the motoor tube in the body tube correct, the body tube was pre-marked internally for the former/centreing ring locations on a dry fit and then glue was applied (one glue ring from the front of the tube and one from the back and then the motor tube was slid into place......and heres the next problem !!!
Because the centreing rings/formers are too loose (or the body tube is too big - take your pick) the tube doesnt want to form up well and need compressing onto the rings from the sides.
My firts go at this was using a press made from a bottle of water, some books and some condiment holders - this kind of worked but started to leave impressions in the tube and was also a bit too extreme so I moved to having the tube compressed between some books.
Firts pic shows the bottle based press - the second some of my current reading and a squished Natter