New Way Firecat 4 Build, Part 6, Fitting The NC Base

Here's a dry fit of the nose block, short tube and main tube.
Do a dry fit can sometimes give you a better gluing order.





The instructions have you glue the square base directly into the nose cone base.

I slid the short tube over the nose block dry, then glued the bottom NC assembly onto the block.
The short tube was slid up into the lower NC half to assure it had a good fit against the body tube.

After the lower assembly had dried, the short tube was glued in place against the lower assembly.

 

The ends of the body tubes are laser cut. I sanded the ends square with a sanding block for a cleaner finish and better fit of the nose cone assembly.