F-104 Intake Pattern Development, Part 2

The round intake tube segment was ironed flat. My iron was set on cotton with a little bit of steam.

Here's what I ended up with. The 1" long reference lengths were added so a picture can be copied to Corel Draw and traced at full size.

With the body tube segment ironed flat I was surprised at how thin body tube walls are. Spiral rolling Kraft paper into a tube substantially increases the strength.


Some test patterns were printed up and a few more intakes cut out. The fit was perfect!







Three more edits later I have a good template for the new kit!