This is a tough model to spray evenly.
There are too many nooks and crannies!
I did have to go back and smooth out some of the Titebond M&TG fillets.
The ping pong ball is glued in place using a hot glue gun.
I did my best to make a clean joint with the glue gun but after painting the joint didn't look good.
This is a tight joint, you'd never get your finger in there to smooth out a fillet.
Titebond M&TG was applied and the fillet smoothed with a Q-tip.
After painting the end result is much better.
ARGH! My kit had two different sized tube connectors...a JT-5 which fit, and a JT-20 which is 1/8" OVERSIZED. Can't complete the assembly of the nose cone without it! Package says "1 Year Warranty". How do I take advantage of that? (NOTE: If the dummy rocket tube L is inserted and removed in one smooth operation, you MIGHT salvage enough of it to replace the missing JT-5. But like Builder/Review Dwight at RocketReviews, I had to shred mine with needle-nose pliers to get it out-- essential to save your model if you are going to insert motors and actually fly it.
ReplyDeleteI saw on TRF that Custom is sending out replacement parts. Most parts in the Custom kits are fine, but the thin yellow BT-50 tubes in this kit were pretty bad and didn't fit the centering rings well.
DeleteThat's interesting that two people have had problems with the engine block setting tube. I didn't have a problem with installing the engine block, but I may have used an old engine casing instead.