Monday, July 23, 2012

Wolverine Rocketry Phoenix AIM-54A Build Part 17 Raised Panels

On Jim Ball's Scale site, I saw some closeups of the panel covers.
On the left, these are the raised gray rectangles over the upper blue bands.
They are indicated on the decal sheet but not a raised piece as shown here.

(These are not included in the kit, but I'll show how they are constructed if you want to add addtional details.)


Some great (cheap) wood is craft sticks.
It is harder than basswood and there is no grain to fill.
You will have to seal them after shaping, though.

Taking into account the curvature of the body tube, these will have to be double the thickness of a single craft stick.
The body tube curve will be sanded on the back of the panel pieces.

Two sticks were glued back to back and "clamped" together with clothespins.

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