Estes Sidekick #7287 Build, Part 4, Gluing The Centering Rings

This build is being done for Estes, so it should match the face card paint pattern. I thought it would be tough to mask the orange and yellow fins after they are glued on, so these will be slid into the centering rings after painting.

They are larger fins and won't stand up on their root edges for spraying. The fins were held down to a sheet of cardboard. Under the fin is a roll of masking tape. This raises the flat fin over the card board so the edges get color without the wet paint on the edges sticking to the back board.

The position of the centering rings is important, they have to fit the notches cut into the root edges of the fins.

Masking tape was wrapped around the tubes to draw a pencil line at the gluing locations.

Before sanding off some primer/filler for a good glue bond, the fin was slipped into the notches to double check the pencil line rings from the previous step.

Fillets were added, but I didn't apply the glue near the tight center. It would be hard to smooth out the fillet with the tubes so close together.