Looking ahead, I started thinking about the paint pattern. The nose cones would be painted blue before gluing to the tank tubes. The tube edge would give a good color separation.
After sanding down the filler on the small tank nose cones, I noticed the gaps around the shoulder. On smaller cones these shoulders are hard to keep sharp being made from soft balsa.
These shoulders should be built up for a better color separation line.
The nose cones were slightly pulled out of the body tubes.
A dull X-Acto blade was dipped into thinned CWF and dragged around the open joint.
The nose cone was pushed back into the tube and twisted, forcing the filler into the shoulder and making a raised lip to be sanded off after it dries.
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