Quest Tomahawk SLCM Build Part 8 Shroud Support Ring

In Step 6, a stiffener ring is glued inside the shroud.
Cut a notch for the engine hook. It'll be too tight a fit otherwise.
Be ready, it'll take a few tries to get it straight.

Use very little glue in the fillet. White glue could shrink it up and leave a ring.
I applied the glue with a toothpick tip. The excess was removed with a Q-tip.


After the white glue fillet dries, a medium CA coat was added using a Q-tip.
This hardens up the cardstock and after drying makes it feel like thin plastic.

Keep the CA coat away from the edges where you'll be using white glue later.
White glue won't stick very well to the edges if the CA glue has sealed up the cardstock.


I noticed a "gotcha" coming up.
The instructions have you use a tape wrap to hold the engine hook in place.
With the tape as the picture shows, you'll never get the shroud over it!

Cut the width of the tape in half and move the tape forward against the lower centering ring.