Friday, November 22, 2013

Estes Xarconian Cruiser Build Part 29, Added Detail

Those little nubs on the nose cone side need some detail. No decals are included for this.
They should have a gun detail or suggested nozzle decal.
I'll use black electrical tape to make small circles.
You could use a decal from another kit, but I wanted to show a quick solution.

A piece of electrical tape was stuck down to the yellow decal backing sheet. This makes the small tape detail easy to remove after punching.

My rotary punch was set on the smallest hole.
I tried to punch through the tape only.
You can lift and position the black dot on the nose con with the tip of your hobby knife. Don't even try to use your fingers, it's just too small.




If the small dot stays in the rotary punch tube, pick it out with your knife tip. Again, leave it on the tip for placement on the model.






Here's the dot in position.
It's a small detail but adds a lot.

No comments:

Post a Comment