Go with your gut feelings,if your not sure, use what you know will work.That's how I am.It will look great no matter what.That's what they cost. The Aeropacks are similar in price. That's why I haven't bought one before now. Tee nuts and my homemade clips work just as well. I was thinking this might look better on the Astrobee, but I don't know if I want to use it like this.
Go with your gut feelings,if your not sure, use what you know will work.That's how I am.It will look great no matter what.
Since I have no way of bending a radius in the bottom of the lugs to match the body, I epoxied some 3/16" thick balsa to the bottoms. It should be relatively easy to sand the radius in the balsa.
I love this technique; never would have thught of that... in fact, I didn't. Nice job!!
That does look like a long shoulder for that size nose cone. Maybe two caliber. What's up with that?
One thing I'm concerned about, is something I've never done before. I need to paint the tip of the nose cone a different color. Not sure how I'm going to mask it.
Jim,It's coming along just fine.Taking things slow are best.I get in trouble because I don't think things out and mess up.Always in a hurry.I'm feeling great after my surgery and will be home tomorrow.Thanks for the prayers my friend,they were a blessing.
I using a Nook and it not the best thing to use to type with fat fingers.I should be home tomorrow kind of over did my rehab and have some swelling but that's going to happen.Anyway really like your build,Jim this is going to be cool build that should be a great flyer.There is nothing wrong with a slow well thought out build.Talk to you later,Carl.
You could try to use an Estes or similar paper shroud transfer as a guide, I don't think the shroud itself will fit tight enough as a mask but I would apply the Tamiya yellow masking tape onto the cone, then use the shroud as a guide to carefully cut around the masking tape. I like the idea of using a rubber band or rubber gasket also.
Jim, I am sure you have covered this before but I guess I missed it. With your technique of pinning the fin blanks together, are the pins just friction fit, where you can drive them out when all your match sanding is done, or are they glued in so you have to drill them out? Thanks, dude, your build is looking great! John.
I'm pretty happy with the scale lug version 3. I think it'll look good when it's finished.
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