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Friday, April 27, 2018

Estes Little Joe II (Small) Build, Part 16, Fin Gluing



The fins are glued on even with the end of the body. There will be a step gap where the fin goes on top of the lowest wrap.
The instructions are concerned with very slight fillets. A minimal fillet probably won't fill that gap.


While holding the fin in place, the root edge was traced and cut with a new knife blade.

The wrap was removed for a smooth root edge surface.


Here's how the fin fits after removing a small section of the bottom band wrap. Much better!








The entire model is sprayed gloss white before masking for the silver.

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