Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Estes Wizard #1292 Build, Part 4, Decal Check and Fin Fillets


Looking ahead, the mask illustration shows the purple starting right at the lower end of the launch lug. I was curious if that would intersect the decal location.
As it turns out, the decal isn't wide enough to go all the way around the body tube meaning it would start and finish on the sides of the launch lug.

The instructions don't mention any rounding of the fin edges, I rounded just the leading edges.
The fins are glued on, 3/8" up from the end of the tube.

The rear trailing edge corner is hard to fillet.
Drop a small amount of glue on the joint.


The area is too tight to get a finger in there.
I used the stick of a Q-tip to remove the excess glue.
The cotton end picked up the rest.


Be sure to check and wipe down the sides.

The inset shows the glue in the tight corners.

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