ASP D Region Tomahawk Build, Part 5, Seam Fills

The nose cone is lightly sanded before filling.
TIP: Don't round off the tip! Press the nose cone tip into your fingertip so the sandpaper can't roll over the top.





TIP: A bit of the CWF was brushed over the shoulder edge all the way around the base of the cone. For now, just brush CWF near the base so you can handle the dry nose cone top.
While it is still wet, press the cone into the body tube and turn the cone. This makes a raised lip at the base of the nose cone. When this is sanded down you'll end up with a sharper lip at the base of the nose cone.



It's hard to see the body tube seam, especially on a white tube.
To see the seam better, a sharp pencil was dragged down the seam recess.

I dip the tip of a old X-Acto knife blade into thinned CWF. This leaves too much on the blade so wipe the excess CWF off the back side of the blade.
Set the loaded blade into the seam and go back and forth working the filler into the seam. Don't press to hard on the blade, you don't want to cut into it.
Once you get the technique down, a 12" tube only took three minutes to fill.

Launch lugs take CWF better than body tubes.
I set the lugs onto a Q-tip for a handle.

Brush on, let dry and sand off.