Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Estes Star Seeker BT-50 Upscale (Tri-Pack) Kit #0866, Part 6, Gluing On The Dowel "Guns"


Two of the (mirrored) fin pieces were marked for the vertical fins, shown below.
The BT-5 smaller version was marked at 1".
The upscale markings are at 1.80".

Lay a bead of glue down the outside edge of the vertical fins for the dowel "gun" placement.

On the left, I'm running the side of my finger down the fillet, smoothing the bead and removing excess.

On the right is the even glue bead. This makes a cleaner glue joint with less glue "squeeze out". 



The dowels are set into the glue line. 
The rear of the dowel is even with the trailing edge of the fins.

After previously evening out the blue bead,
there is very little (if any) glue to smooth or remove from the joint.

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