Mike Howie
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I'm very happy with the recent BMS clone of the mini Bomarc.
Nice packaging.
Laying out the parts, you notice that there is one extra
part not listed on JIMZ website. It's a 1/16 basswood strip. There is a note,
(not on the instructions), telling you to glue the strip to the bottom of the
3/16 half round dowel. This forms the tunnel on the top of the model. When
removing the laser cut fins from the balsa sheet, there are two pieces that
have a small extra 'tab' on them. You are instructed to cut these tabs off.
The reason for my nose cone being all wrapped up in thread, I had a small problem.
The mini Bomarc needs a fair amount of nose weight to be stable. This is included in the form of birdshot that needs gluing into the drilled out nosecone.
I rammed the shot/glue mix a bit too hard and split the nosecone.
I fixed that by wrapping the nosecone very tightly with thread untill the glue
dried. Using FnF you can't even tell that the nose was broken.
Nice packaging.
Laying out the parts, you notice that there is one extra
part not listed on JIMZ website. It's a 1/16 basswood strip. There is a note,
(not on the instructions), telling you to glue the strip to the bottom of the
3/16 half round dowel. This forms the tunnel on the top of the model. When
removing the laser cut fins from the balsa sheet, there are two pieces that
have a small extra 'tab' on them. You are instructed to cut these tabs off.
The reason for my nose cone being all wrapped up in thread, I had a small problem.
The mini Bomarc needs a fair amount of nose weight to be stable. This is included in the form of birdshot that needs gluing into the drilled out nosecone.
I rammed the shot/glue mix a bit too hard and split the nosecone.
I fixed that by wrapping the nosecone very tightly with thread untill the glue
dried. Using FnF you can't even tell that the nose was broken.