Press the square corner of the gusset into the joint of the flange base and launch lug. Be sure the base edge of the gusset is on the line. The side of the gusset should go straight up the lug.
Use you tweezers to correct the angle of the gussets if needed.
Follow up with a small drop of glue at the top of the gusset. Apply the glue drop with a toothpick tip.
Remove any excess glue with a toothpick.
Do the same with the bottom of the gusset at the edge of the circle.When all is dry, carefully cut around the flange base edge with sharp scissors.
This was my second attempt at the gussets. They are very small and hard to handle. The gussets on the original SP-28 PDF print were probably hand drawn with a thicker pen line and hard to cut in a consistant size.
The new gussets were drawn in a "hairline" thickness and when cut out were closer in size.
Holy crow, this is one complex model!
ReplyDeleteHi Lonnie,
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's complex but pretty much standard for an early Estes "Scale" model. I've received some pictures of a real Thor Agena B and some of the kit details were way off! I'm still going to build it like the original kit except for a removeable (for flight) fin unit.