Sunday, November 8, 2020

Estes Asteroid Hunter #3224, Build, Part 9, Body Skin Alignment


I used one side of my architectural ruler to "set" the emboss line and make a sharper crease. 

Set the line you have already embossed over the edge of the ruler and run a smooth burnisher down the crease. 


Here's one side of the skin after "setting" the fold.



Do a few dry fits before using glue to get used to how the skin will set over the structure.

There will be an overhang on all sides.
I decided to set the skin with less overhang on the front. I knew the tighter fit on the smaller front end would be harder to trim.


Looking inside the housing, this is still a dry fit - 

The angled sides of the interior bulwarks are curved. The skins "float" over these curves. On the next post - Do not apply glue on the curved sides. Glue is only applied to the edges of the Y, Z and AA side pieces.

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