Quest Stiletto Build Part 5, Parts Prep

The 14" Quest parachute has the shroud line holes already punched out.
The problem is, they are pretty far from the edge of the parachute. I prefer smaller tied loops closer to the edge.

On the left is how the reinforcement disks fit on the punched holes.
On the right I've trimmed back the parachute edges to the reinforcement disks.

The supplied shroud lines are thick!
There is no way to get them through the small end of a snap swivel.
(I added a snap swivel to the build, it isn't included in the bag.)

Instead of feeding the thick lines through the loop, I tied the middles to a piece of Kevlar.
The Kevlar was tied to the loop on the swivel.

The small forward strakes on the rudder fins didn't really line up with the root edge no matter which side was used.

I glued the strake matching it up with the leading edge of the larger piece. The root edges will be sanded flat after the glue dries.
It's easier to sand down the uneven root edge over filling the gap on the flat sides.

Here's all the balsa pieces after filling with CWF. I didn't fill the spine piece that goes between the two wing halves. That'll get filled after the wings are glued on the body.

After the CWF dried the bulk was removed with 220 grit on a block.
Smoothing with 400 grit followed.