Monday, October 26, 2020

Estes Starliner #0863 Build, Part 9, Wing & Intake Fitting


With the wing dry fitted, a pencil line was drawn where the rear win extensions touched the body tube.

Some 400 grit was wrapped around a dowel and the pencil line sanded off. This removed some filler/primer for a better glue bond. 




The inside edge (root edge) has to be sanded at an angle to fit against the body tube. This took a few tries to get the right angle. Don't sand off too much or you will end up with a gap.



The intake contact points were marked with a pencil. The filler/primer was sanded down as before for a better glue bond.






Here's a pretty good fit of the intakes with a tight contact through the wing slot and against the body tube.


With everything glued in place - here's the view from the rear.

The vertical stabilizers are actually straighter than the camera distortion shows.

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