Well, I don't know what kind of rocketeer I am... I've been piddling around with a bunch of stuff, including a 50 year-old-plus WAC Corporal kit, a 1:100 scale 1903 Wright Flyer static model, and my 50 year-old-plus HO scale race track. All the while, fluttering around in the back of my head, is this build. And I finally made some progress!
In addition to the nose cone issue, I wanted to make a compartment for my Flightsketch mini. This would be in the 4th tube segment, and the door would be decorated as the entry to quarters for 1st Tiger Hobbes. After rolling this around and around and
around in my poor noggin, I finally came up with a plan and have begun execution of said plan.
1st, I made a mount for the FS mini, shown here before final sizing and fitting:
Then I sized and cut the doorway in BTS #4:
I had previously cut a coupling tube to match the bottom of BTS #4. Now I glued the cut-out door to the (what I thought was) the proper angular position - and I was very close to 100% correct except... I was 180° off!
Now the observant reader can see a red line diagonally across the top left of the coupler segment. That is to be removed so that this whole door and sleeve can slide vertically inside BTS #4. I will cut an opening and put little bars across it to serve as a tiger cage/ pressure relief so the FS mini can do its thing. Thus as well the door positioning is on the pure vertical side of the tube.
