This was a fun change of pace. The nose cone assembly was a bit much, but it works and adds some nose weight without adding any clay.
Visually it works, a goofy looking skeleton sticking out of a coffin that was too small!
Things I would have done differently -
1. On the first build, I should have allowed a little more of the body tube to extend out the back for a tape wrap. The BT-5 tube was replaced, slightly longer.
2. Don't bother trying to carve a skull from a balsa nose cone!
3. Don't use wood glue on visible fillets that aren't going to be painted. These fillets are a bit yellow. White glue next time!
4. Go with a small 8" parachute instead of the streamer.
5. Go beyond just peeling off a strip of the paper wrap to glue on the fins. In the end I removed the fins and cut a shallow trench for a TTC (halfway Through The Casket) root edge glue joint.
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