Semroc Saturn 1B, Build, OOP #KS-1, Part 19, Antennas Prep

To avoid confusion, I suggested joining the two antenna base sides suing a strip of paper on the back.
Well, I got one wrong! The first base on the left is incorrect. The right side should be longer like the others. I went back, peeled off the paper strip and joined them correctly.

Small pieces are to be glued on the laser cut marks on the bases. These will end up being yellow so the dark laser burns should be cleaned off.
On the left is the piece right off the master sheet. On the right is the piece after sanding with 400 grit on a block.

All the edges (except for the long root gluing edge) and flat side faces got a wipe of medium CA glue.

You'll probably have to hold the antennas with tweezers to wipe on the CA glue. The parts are very small.
Smooth sand with 400 grit.

The laser cut positioning lines look like they are deeper on the small sides. I went back with my knife and cut the lines a bit deeper.

TIP: After the bases are painted white (and the small antennas painted yellow) the center strips will be peeled leaving a very shallow trough to glue the yellow antennas in. This is not something the instructions say to do, but I'm painting before gluing and wanted a stronger bond.

You could glue everything up and paint the yellow antennas afterwards. You'll get a cleaner color separation gluing up the separate color pieces afterward painting.

Build time this post: 1 hour, 0 minutes
Total build time so far: 21 hours, 40 minutes