Fliskits MACME Shrew Build, Part 20, Fin Gluing

The fin shapes are a little confusing, all four are different.
I had to set them into the original laser cut cardstock piece to be sure.

The fins were tacked on using very little glue. (See the last paragraph for the reason why.)
The inset picture shows the offset of Fin #1. I is glued just to the side of the shroud seam edge. (This isn't mentioned in the instructions, I was just trying to hide the seam edge with the root edge of the fin.)
This throws off the perfect 90 degree "cruciform" you'd normally want.
All the other fins fall right on the lines and bolts printed on the shroud.

The other three fins could be glued on beside the printed lines. From the rear everything would have looked more aligned.


The instructions say: 
"All fins with the exception of Fin #3 are flush with the bottom off the shroud."
The drawing shows the trailing edges a little forward of the rear of the shroud.
I glued them more like the illustration. There is a printed line going all the way around the shroud. The rear of Fins 1, 2 and 4 were set on the line.

This picture was taken after the finished photos shown in the next blog post.

I used very little glue to get finished pictures of the model.
The fins were carefully cut off to pack the model for the flight home the first of July. The fin span is the widest part of the model and more apt to be bent or torn off the shroud in transit.