Estes MRN Orbital Transport Laboratory Build, Part 11, Engine Mount Gluing

The motor mount assembly is glued so the lower 20/60 ring is flush with the end of the body tube.

On the left is the rounded dowel used to apply a glue drop to the inside edge of the top centering ring/body tube joint.
The other side of the dowel has a Q-tip taped on to smooth out the glue that was set into the joint.

Here's the inside just after the glue was smoothed with the Q-tip. Perspective of the picture makes it look deeper than it really is.

With the engine mount in, the lower single ply Engine Mount Cap shroud is glued and slid in place. The black edge of the exposed black centering ring is where the lower fin tip is glued.

The double nested nozzle is glued over the exposed engine mount tube and against the lower Engine Mount Cap shroud.

TIP: Line up both of the nozzle tab seams on a fin line to visually hide them on the finished model.





Before spraying with a white undercoat, the 2 3/8" long, 1/8" diameter launch lug is glued on. Paint was scraped off for better glue adhesion.