Estes Skytracer Clone #1361 Build, Part 11, More Canopy Forming

A little break from the canopy forming - 

.25 oz. of clay weight is rolled into little balls and dropped into the hole at the base of the shoulder. The small balls of clay settle easier into the nose cone tip. Easier to level these small bits of clay than chasing around a "clay snake" with the flat end of a dowel.

I did have to widen the shoulder hole diameter with a knife and half round file.

It takes very little glue to close the canopy tab. Use a thin "skin" of glue.

A flat faced needle tweezers held the canopy tab closed as the glue dried.

On the left is how the canopy looks after gluing 

But, to fit the nose cone, the canopy folds are pinched closed making it sit higher on the nose cone.

Here's the back end of the canopy - 

The squared back was rolled over a Sharpie barrel to fit the round nose cone.