Estes Gryphon #7280 Build, Part 8, Gluing Up The Engine Pod

The filler/primer was scraped off where the hook assembly would be glued.



The hook is glued 1/2 forward of the tube end.

Flipping over the pod,
The launch lug is glued on the balsa finger on the other side.


Here's the lug glued in place. I didn't do any glue fillets, it would be difficult to to smooth them out with a finger along the top.

Your index finger would have to be very thin to fit into the BT-5 tube.

On the right side I'm marking the shock cord at 1" with a pencil. This is my depth gauge when gluing the tri-fold mount in the top end of the tube. 

I ended up using a dowel to lightly press and form the glued tri-fold mount in place.
Press lightly - the BT-5 tubes are thin and could be distorted when wet with glue.