Estes Mini Bomarc Clone, Kit #TK-5, Part 15, Silver Paint On The Nacelles

The front end of the nacelles are masked for silver paint

The silver starts at the rear end of the "P" support pieces.

After spraying and pulling the tape,

I got a clean color separation.

There's not much of a gluing area on the root edge of the supports.

I'm using the thicker Aleene's Tacky Glue to attach the nacelles. The body was masked for a open strip for glue on the body tube.

After that first glue line dried, a fillet of the Aleene's glue was applied.

The Aleene's glue will dry clear and with a semi-gloss. Elmer's white glue dries with a flat finish. Don't use yellow wood glue on a visible glue fillet like this.

Estes Mini Bomarc Clone, Kit #TK-5, Part 14, Color Paint

Paint is pretty easy on this one.

Nose cone is brown, the main body is a light gray.

After these dry, the rear of the nacelle tube is painted silver.

I was concerned about the balsa grain fill on the nacelle nose cone. 

This turned out pretty well.

There is still a masking paper strip on the root edge (gluing surface) of the "P" support piece.

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The main body assembly is an overall light gray.

The nacelles are ready to be masked for the silver. 

The main body still needs some sanding and another final gray coat.

Estes Mini Bomarc Clone, Kit #TK-5, Part 13, White Undercoats

I thought it would be difficult to get paint around the ramjet assemblies. The main body and nacelles will be painted separately.

I masked off two gluing lines for the root edges of the nacelle support "P" pieces. I shaded the mask strips with pencil to show up better in the photo.

On the right is the inside end of the body tube masked off.

The root edge of the "P" supports were masked off with a thin piece of tape. These were taped down to a scrap piece of cardboard.

The top and sides were spray painted gloss white. 

After that paint dried, 

The nacelle assembly was slid over a dowel and the underside sprayed.

This is the underside of the wing and body.

You can see how difficult it is to get paint coverage on the inside areas.

Estes Mini Bomarc Clone, Kit #TK-5, Part 12, Launch Lugs

The launch lugs are short, two LL-2AM at .37" long.

These were cut from scrap pieces and sanded to insure both were the same length.

Because these lugs are short - 

Hold on to the lug with the tweezers while applying two thin glue lines. While still holding with the tweezers, set the lug in place under the rudder and wing.

The rear lug is even with the low end of the tube.

The upper lug is tucked under the forward tip of the wing. 

I didn't apply glue fillets on the lugs. It's difficult to get a good fill in that tight corner with all the air bubbles that can form.

School Supplies? Rocket Building Stuff!

Save some money - School supplies can are cheaper now than any other time of the year.

This is the nozzle on a bottle of school glue. I wouldn't recommend the water soluble school glue for model rocket building. 

Replace the wide applicator nozzle on your wood glue bottle with this orange, fine point nozzle for more control of the glue flow. 

Unscrew the nozzle at the white collar, wash out any school glue and replace  the wood glue nozzle. It will fit the threads on the wood glue bottle.

I've used glue sticks for cardstock adapters and in carded rocketry.

Using a glue stick can give your more control on a cardstock adapter "glue tab".

Sharpies come in handy for black paint touchups, line details and Saturn V masking. Go to my Saturn V build for more details.

Estes Mini Bomarc Clone, Kit #TK-5, Part 11, Gluing On The Raceway

The upper picture is s a dry fit of the raceway checking the fit over the wing and stabilizer.

The inset picture shows the line of glue just down the centerline on the underside of the raceway. The side edges won't be making contact with the round tube. I also didn't want squeeze out of glue. Any gaps will be filled with a glue fillet.

I didn't initially cut the curve to fit over the low end of the raceway. 

Set the rudder over the back and trace over the raceway curve end with a pencil.

On the right is the rough cut.

After more forming with sandpaper rolled over a dowel, I got a good fit.

 

Follow up with some glue fillets to fill any gaps.

Estes Mini Bomarc Clone, Kit #TK-5, Part 10, Gluing On The Rudder & Wing

The fin lines are extended down the length of the body tube.

The rudder goes on first using the center lines down the tube and rudder.

ry fit the wing under the raceway and mark the position.

Glue the wing onto the body tube. While the glue is still  wet check the placement with a dry fit of the raceway. 

When all is fitting together, remove the raceway.

Let the wing and rudder glue joints dry with the assembly placed on a flat surface. This aligns the wing and rudder.