Estes Lunar Scout #7290 Build, Part 7, Assembly

I was building two kits, here's two of the large rings stuck down for spraying with gloss white.

This is the motor mount tube with the coupler/engine block glued in.

Both parts had the final colors sprayed separately, then the gold tube was glued halfway in, up to the marked 3/8" line.






Any paint in the support ring center holes was removed.
Wrap a piece of 400 grit around a dowel or pen barrel and sand up and down. Again, I was building two kits, there are four rings shown here.

The center support rings are glued on. used the notched in the red leg fins to set the spacing between them. the low ring is set so the bottom of the legs are even with the end of the center tube.

TIP: Use the Full Size Top View Template to set the even angles of the leg/fins. Thisis critical for placement and even visual spacing of the decals on the large ring later on.