MPC USS Enterprise Build, Part 9, Parachute

The 18" parachute seems big. This model should have a 15" parachute, or cut a spill hole in this one.
The print is pretty cool, I wouldn't want to cut a hole in the center of it.

The poly sheet is hefty, it feels like 2 mils thick.

The tape disks are round and clear.
The instructions have you go old style, with a looped shroud line under the disk.

The disks were stuck down and a hole punched in the center.
Use some card stock behind the chute for a cleaner punch.

If looking at a clock face - 
Shroud lines were tied on from the 1 - 3, 5 - 11 and 7 - 9 positions.

With a D12-5 engine installed the C/G was found and a 3/16" lug glued on.
The lug was glued behind the Star Trek logo and to the side of a fin root.
It sounds stupid, but think about how the model sits on the launch rod for better pictures.
The kit supplies two 1" long lugs to be glued in line. The placement in the instructions didn't make much sense.