I used my favorite black trim material - Contact Paper blackboard covering. It's cheap and a roll will probably last a lifetime.
After the first width is cut, the ends are lifted and stuck back down a little to the right. The others are cut using this as visual guide width.
The bottom of the diagonal starts above the leading edge tip of the fin. The upper end is at the midpoint between two fins.
The trickiest part is getting the strips set down in a straight line. Look from the back of the model to make sure the lines are straight, not set on a slight curve.
The long zig-zag pattern is trimmed at the tail cone / tube joint and the bottom of the tube extension.
There are still a decal to be printed, the number "47" that sets on the horizontal white strip on the fins. This will have to wait until I do some kit decal productions.
Chris, did you end up gluing the body tube extension on *after* applying the black trim. It looks like you used a strip of black trim to cover the body tube extension seam. This is certainly a challenging rocket to trim - but looks great.
ReplyDeleteHi Eero,
DeleteI glued extension on after the trim was in place and trimmed. The horizontal top strip did cover the seam. The lower horizontal bar was placed right below the lower tail cone/body tube seam (about 1/32" space) as shown in the Alway drawings.