Estes Thor Agena B Build Part 46 Finishing Up

I finally got around to finishing up the Thor Agena B.

The nose cone was masked and painted black.
I used the scotch tape strip cut in an arc to fit the contour of the nose cone.

The instructions called for igniter wire to be used for the Fuel Tank Vent.
This was an old kit so it should use an old igniter.

These were pulled from an old "diamond pack" of D12-5 engines, circa 1975.
Back then you'd cut this strip into three pieces, between the brown coated areas.
No plastic plugs then, small balls of wadding held them in the engine nozzle.

This is the fuel tank vent in place.
It's so small it's almost not worth the effort - but it's there!
You can see it under the white glue used to tack down the top against the turbine oil discharge tube.

An Estes "tea bag" shock cord mount was glued in with a 36" long x 1/4" shock cord attached.
A BMS 18" parachute was joined to the shock cord with a snap swivel.
The BMS parachute is red and has eight (not six) sides.

DONE!