John_lennon
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Hi all,
I got to spend some time with my grandson today, we started building our viking kit. But I made a beginner's mistake. I used the small tube to insert the engine block ring up in the body tube & didn't realize I was supposed to pull the tube out once the ring was at the proper height inside the body tube. So now the tube is glued in place. Is there a work around to still make it flyable. I worked on gluing techniques and played around with a couple different brands and also types of glue. I practice some filleting once the glue had set up on the wings and the launch lugs. I then sanded the fillets and the glassine shine off the tube as well as the nose cone and the wings. Just to get proper adhesion with the primer. If anyone has any ideas how to make this flyable I could really use the help. Thanks for any ideas. Dyl
I got to spend some time with my grandson today, we started building our viking kit. But I made a beginner's mistake. I used the small tube to insert the engine block ring up in the body tube & didn't realize I was supposed to pull the tube out once the ring was at the proper height inside the body tube. So now the tube is glued in place. Is there a work around to still make it flyable. I worked on gluing techniques and played around with a couple different brands and also types of glue. I practice some filleting once the glue had set up on the wings and the launch lugs. I then sanded the fillets and the glassine shine off the tube as well as the nose cone and the wings. Just to get proper adhesion with the primer. If anyone has any ideas how to make this flyable I could really use the help. Thanks for any ideas. Dyl