Odd'l Rockets Stealth Build, Part 4, Gluing On The Intakes

I have some 1/16" plywood "stop disks" from the Odd'l Birdie kits. These will make easy covers for the intakes.

Run a small bead of glue inside the tube edge and press the disk in halfway. I used my sanding block to press the flat disk even with the end of the tube.

You could easily make these covers from heavy card stock. They could be cut slightly oversize. Glue over the end and sand the edges even with the outside diameter of the tube.

The intakes were glued onto the BT-50 main airframe tube. The back of the intake is 2 5/8" from the rear of the BT-50.

I used a rubber band to hold them in place while the glue dried. Don't wind the rubber band too tight, you might deform them if there is too much pressure.

These intakes were glued on before the wing fins. It would be difficult to fill and smooth the glue joints on the intake sides if glued on later.

Primer/filler was shot and sanded over the intakes.
Here I'm doing a "soft" sanding with some 400 grit wrapped around the end of a Q-tip. This will sand off any fillet ridges without digging in with a corner of the sandpaper.