With some of the water based CWF filler exposed most glues will be absorbed for a good bond.
Again I'm using a glue stick, perfect for gluing these pieces in place.
It's not as messy as white glue and allows for some repositioning before it dries.
While applying the glue stick I use the tip of a dowel to hold the smaller piece down. This keeps glue off your fingers and leaves less to clean up later.
The cover piece was pressed against my sanding block to even up the root edges.
I'm not sanding here, just being sure the card stock edge is flush with the root edge of the balsa fin.
Pick up any glue that may have squeezed out when pressing down the cover piece. I used a rounded point dowel.
As the instructions say:
"This wrap serves two purposes. First as a decoration to mimic that seen on the actual missile. More importantly, it serves to strengthen the fin at the trailing edge where the grain geometry makes the fin extra weak in this area."
These fins are now very strong. Looking ahead, the low side of the root edge isn't even glue to the tail cone.
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