Wednesday, February 21, 2018

ASP D Region Tomahawk Build, Part 16, Fin Plate Setting and Streamer



The backs of the card stock fin plates were sprayed with 3M 77 adhesive spray.
Here's how the plates fit around the curve of the tube and with the folds tucked into the fin root edges.

The great thing - the fin plates covered the bad and touched up mask lines.




A Q-tip was used to gently press the fold into the root edge. You won't scratch the print using a soft burnisher.
There is a 1/8" wide aluminum band at the rear edge of the body tube. Instead of masking and painting, a strip of Trim Monokote was cut and applied. It took a few tries to tuck it into the fin base but it was easier than masking.


The streamer is thick yellow plastic, 3" wide X 24" long.
The streamer is taped to the shock cord, 1" from the end of the streamer. Fold the end over the shock cord and tape it again.

2 comments:

  1. Good upgrade on the fin plates. Big streamer is a tight fit in the narrow body tube. Might hang up on ejection.

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    1. Hi BAR,
      Thanks, the kit decal plates would look fine. I just like doing a little extra on some of the builds. That streamer is thick and seems long. I may cut off a few inches so it'll slide out easier at ejection.

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