Quest Raptor Build Part 17, Assembly

This model was painted before gluing on the fin unit and tank assemblies.
You don't have a pencil line to glue onto and it's hard to see the masked glue area of exposed tubing.

Strips of masking tape were cut and laid down outside of the "naked" tube lines. More strips were set inside the intake tube. All I have to do now is apply glue and line up the tape strips.

The fin and tank assemblies were set in place using the "double glue" method. You'll want these two assemblies to grab but still be able to adjust them.

After the glue dried a drop of thin CA glue was allowed to run down the joint.

I also added an end fillet of white glue.
This was smoothed out with a Q-Tip swab. You'd never get a fingertip in there to smooth out the glue.

I'm a little surprised how many of these cotton swabs I use now.
They are very handy for removing excess glue. I also used them to press down the edges of the tape masks. There is no chance of scarring balsa with the soft end swabs.