The round intake tube segment was ironed flat. My iron was set on cotton with a little bit of steam. Here's what I ended up with...

The split housings were marked for the 3/8" overlap of the card stock fairings. The engine housing sides were sanded to fit after ...

The upcoming F-104 Starfighter kit from Odd'l Rockets had some interesting kit design challenges. One is the intakes on each side of ...

Glue on the rudder directly opposite the engine hook. The "Q" piece works well to align the rudder on the body tube. T...

TIP:  Recently I've been cutting off the corner tips on the parachutes. This allows the shroud line knot to be a little closer to th...

The inside of the end caps were "painted" with orange fluorescent acrylic paint. It took a few coats to get full coverage. ...

This is the engine halves after sanding down the interior seam fills. (Yep, I can hear you now - "Why fill the interior seams? Nobody...