FlisKits Tartar Build Part 14, Fin Gluing

I like to keep templates complete for any repairs down the road.

The fin marking guide was transferred onto 20 lb. copy paper.

Here's the fin guide in place for marking.

After the fins were marked the holding tape was lifted and the guide rotated 90 degrees to be sure the pencil marks were even.

The rear fins hang over the and off the tail cone.

My sanding block was set against the the trailing edge tip to be sure it was even with the end of the tailcone.

The tailcone and engine mount isn't glued in place yet.
The tailcone will be painted silver before gluing the attached mount in the body tube. Trying to mask around the rear of the fins would be hard. It's simply easier to paint the nose cone, body and fins and the tail cone assemblies separately and then assemble everything.

A thin strip of paper was taped around the tube to give a straight line to rest the trailing edges of the strakes.

The strakes are long and take extra time to glue on straight.
The fins and strakes are different thicknesses so I couldn't line them up with clamped on craft sticks. Just do the best you can by eye.