Astro-Baby
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Each motor was paired with its closest looking equivalent and then glued with yellow wood glue to its mate and left on a flat surface. This would allow the motors to almost self centre to the body later on. They arent being glued to the body until painting is complete as I want the camo pattern to be under the motors.
Once the glue dried the motors were given a fillet of glue along the seam on ONE SIDE ONLY allowing the outer face of the motor pair to retain a nice sharp join line between the motors. I had already selected the best side and orientation given that the round noses were not perfect I wanted the best shape side of the round nose outwards.
The motors were paired to their closest shaped equivalent so that any errors in the shape would be minimised to the Mk1 eyeball (I hope).
The spirals were filled earlier - while the main body tube spiral is negligible the spirals on these tubes were quite deep.
Once the glue dried the motors were given a fillet of glue along the seam on ONE SIDE ONLY allowing the outer face of the motor pair to retain a nice sharp join line between the motors. I had already selected the best side and orientation given that the round noses were not perfect I wanted the best shape side of the round nose outwards.
The motors were paired to their closest shaped equivalent so that any errors in the shape would be minimised to the Mk1 eyeball (I hope).
The spirals were filled earlier - while the main body tube spiral is negligible the spirals on these tubes were quite deep.