Rocketarium Hydra Sandhawk Build Part 11, Booster Mount

I used a dowel to set the glue inside the body tube for the engine mounts.

A line of glue was to be set 2 1/2" from the end. That is the position of the forward ring when the mount is slid in place.

The inset picture shows how I set the glue line just before the forward ring. The dowel was marked just inside of the 2 1/2" mark. This way I know the ring will go through the ring of glue.

For now, glue was only applied for the upper ring.

The mount was slid into position, I used the flat side of my sanding block to be sure the tube ends were even.

The inset picture shows the front end of the booster. The tube ends are even on both sides.

The rear ring got a fillet of glue applied drop by drop on the end of a rounded dowel.
Set a drop in the seam and smooth it out using the rounded dowel end.

Apply more glue drops until the fillet is all the way around the ring joint.

Clean up any excess glue using a Q-Tip.