adrian
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Excellent work!
Take another look at the thread about the Martel, in which the builder has made a template with a circular hole and slots for the fins. Perhaps something similar would help here, especially for the six sustainer fins?
In the photos of the real thing can be seen fillets on the fins. These are strips of metal to which the fins were bolted. Are you planning to depict these? It occurs to me that if you put those on first, they might help when you attach the fins.
I'd be inclined to put the CA onto the fins before they go onto the body. That way, if anything goes wrong, you've lost a fin but you don't have to rip it off the body. It also means you don't run the risk of CA dribbling onto the body. (I know from personal experience that thin CA likes to run anywhere it can, not always where I want it to go!)
Take another look at the thread about the Martel, in which the builder has made a template with a circular hole and slots for the fins. Perhaps something similar would help here, especially for the six sustainer fins?
In the photos of the real thing can be seen fillets on the fins. These are strips of metal to which the fins were bolted. Are you planning to depict these? It occurs to me that if you put those on first, they might help when you attach the fins.
I'd be inclined to put the CA onto the fins before they go onto the body. That way, if anything goes wrong, you've lost a fin but you don't have to rip it off the body. It also means you don't run the risk of CA dribbling onto the body. (I know from personal experience that thin CA likes to run anywhere it can, not always where I want it to go!)