The gluing tab is a pressure sensitive (peel and stick) paper. It is stuck to the nose cone shoulder giving the white glue something to adhere to.
The tab in my kit was much larger than the illustration showed.
Peel off the backing and roll it around the nose cone shoulder.
The retaining wire is bent by setting it over what's left of the die cut fin sheet.
The end of the wire is set on the large fin trailing edge corner. Bending it over the end of the die-cut sheet gives the "hook" the correct thickness to fit over the front of the large fin. A clever step.
Bent as shown in the instructions, the long end of the hook wire does end up at 2 7/16" long.
Are you sure that the adhesive on the gluing tab is still good after all these years? If not, I'd figure Beacon Fabri-Tac would be a reasonable substitute.
ReplyDeleteHi Lonnie -
DeleteActually the adhesive strip was like new and stuck very well. Centuri used these so a young builder didn't have to use plastic cement.