Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Estes Asteroid Hunter #3224, Build, Part 24, Tricky Silver Detail Pieces



A positioning template is cut from the instruction sheet.


When set in place I traced a pencil line a little inside the template edges.



The paint was carefully scraped away staying inside the pencil lines. It is important that the plastic pieces cover these scraped areas.

I marked the inside edge of the piece to show where the Beacon Fabri-Tac glue should be applied - on the inside edge. You can't use a wide bead of glue, it might squeeze out the side and mar the finish.

This worked out better than I hoped.
All four detail pieces are very well adhered with no glue showing outside the edges.

The gloss silver is a good contrast over the flat gray body.

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