Friday, September 22, 2017

Estes Puma #7256 Build, Part 13, Decals and Engine Pod Gluing


There is white ink on the decals but it is pretty much invisible until you slide it off the backing paper.

TIP: Before cutting out the decals, hold it up to a bright light to see where the white it is. Those dashed black lines are very close to the white ink.



The front winglets get mirrored black decals.
After all the decals were applied the engine pods were glued in place. This was a tip picked up on TRF from a build by Scigs30. Getting a good mask on that inside joint under the wing would be hard to do.
On the left is how I applied the white glue. On the right is a Q-tip to smooth out the glue on the inside joints.
TIP: Use white glue for joints that will be seen on the outside of the model. White glue dries clear, yellow glue dries yellow.
The clear white glue fillet also blur the wing tabs that can still be seen when the engines are on place.

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