Okay, What Is It?

Here's the (very) rough parts for an upcoming project.

The pictured nose cones will be trimmed and shortened. The shoulders will remain the same.
It will be used with the tube and fins from a recent, re-released kit.

Any ideas?

Quest Aurora Build, Part 5, Lug? & Cutting Standoffs

Here's a closeup of the lug in front of the face card.
You can see the plastic lug is open on the face card shot.

On the face card:
Directly opposite the lug is a raised black tunnel running almost the entire length of the body. This tunnel was on the prototype model and not part of the produced kit.

On the stick-on decal sheet is a thick two piece band to simulate the tunnel.

I don't quite understand these two steps.
Quest supplied die-cut balsa wings and rudders.
The builder has to cut out a lug standoff and two "cradle plates" for the glider.

Die-cutting was always done to make the build easier, whether it was a model airplane or rocket kit.
Of all the balsa pieces, these three are the hardest to cut out!

They aren't wide and the longest cuts go against the grain.
Be sure to use a sharp knife and make many light passes of the blade.
These pieces (especially the smaller stand off) can easily split down the grain.

Quest X-30 Aerospace Plane Part 17, What!!??

The face card shows the model hanging horizontally under dual parachutes.
The instructions mention it but are a little vague about how to tie it all up! There is nowhere to tie on the rear line. Even if you tied it to the engine hook the line would probably tear through the top of the body shroud at ejection.
The next blog post will give one solution.

Check out the "Estimated Maximum Altitude".
700 feet with the recommended C6-3 engine.
The instructions say it only reaches 275 feet with a C6-3!
I don't think I'd fly it with a B6-2 if the altitude is only 150 feet!