MPC Martian Patrol Build Part 5 Engine Mount

This build is a little out of order, I have to backtrack a bit. I like to prep the parts before building, that's why I took the time to notch the lower fin ring and glue up the fin can.


The motor mount was the first thing assembled in the instructions. There is nothing out of the ordinary except for the laminated centering rings and black coupler or what MPC called the spacer tube.

You are supplied with four centering rings, two are glued together to make a thicker ring. In some of today's Quest kits, you only get two thin rings. I wish Quest would supply you with another set of extra rings so they can be laminated like this.


Once glued together, the centering rings took a bit of sanding to get a good fit over the engine tube.




That black "spacer tube" coupler wasn't fish paper like you might expect. It's a thin black outside layer over a brown coupler. If you were to sand it too much, you'd go through it into the inside brown coupler.

Notice the thin engine hook. It's spring steel and won't bend out every time you remove an engine. It always springs right back.