MPC Cadet Cruiser, Part 3, Fin Can & Parachute

Here's an illustration from the instructions -
Don't apply glue to the fin can shoulder. You would have glue squeezing out to the outside of the model.
Apply the glue inside the tube and slide the fin can into place. the glue remains inside the body tube.
Note the engine hook (and engine) extends 3/4" out the back end of the model. If I were to build another one of these, I'd cut a new longer engine mount tube and set the hook so the engine only extends 1/4" out the back.

Before gluing the fin can in place, center the rocket name graphics between two fin locations.
It'll look better (and with the launch lugs on the opposite side) and photograph better on the launcher.
Plan ahead with some pencil marks to line it all up.



Here's another mistake in the instructions:

"Pass the ends of the lines through the eyelet on the Clear Payload Tube . . . "
What clear payload tube? Obviously this copy block was copied from another kit and that sentence stayed in.