Estes Saturn V #1969 Build, Part 25, Reinforcing The Fairings Part 2

Look close at the right side picture. There is a pencil line inside the edge of the fairing. The disk will be glued inside that border.

The contact cement is brushed on the fairing up to the pencil line and on the body tube edge.  Cement is also brushed onto the disk reinforcement piece.

Don't let the contact cement totally dry!
While it is still wet you can slide and adjust the position. If the glue was to dry, it will stay where it is first set down.

There should be a slight overlap on the inside of the tube edge.
This is shaved off with a new X-Acto blade. Go slow and cut the reinforcement crescent piece, not the body tube edge.

After shaving off the overhang, lightly sand with 400 grit.

For a cleaner finished look, the reinforcement crescent piece was set a little inside the round edge of the fairing.
In the end you'll have a much stronger fairing and fin assembly with hardly any added weight.

Here's the PDF that includes the slightly larger #2157 3rd Stage shroud, four reinforcement crescents and a full size wire anchor pattern.
The full-size wire anchor template is not in the current instructions.
Print this PDF on 110 lb. card stock.

If you are a Patreon supporter, email me at:
oddlrockets@bellsouth.net
and request the #2157 3rd Stage Shroud PDF.
Print on 110 lb. card stock.

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