Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Mars Snooper Build Part 25 Gluing Outside Fins



The outside fins were hard to align.
Even with a pencil line and "double glue" these fins liked to slip and slide all over the BT-5 pod.
In the picture it doesn't look centered, but it is.

These fins got four fillet layers like the rest of the model.





Here's how it looks up to this point.

I'll re-mask the low vane gluing lines with thin tape strips.
From the top shroud down it'll be painted black.

For better contrast the vanes will be painted white and glued on afterwards.
I decided on this paint scheme after looking at the old catalog pictures. With the lower end an overall black you don't even see the vanes.

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