Thursday, September 19, 2019

Semroc (Centuri) Taurus Build, Part 13, Ends, Edges, Upper Trim & Decals



There are two blue conduits shown on the face card picture.
The old Centuri catalog page showed these pieces glued lower on the adapter.









I didn't have blue paint, purple should work.




The nose cone and smaller pod cones were sprayed before gluing in their tubes.

TIPS: I used a strip of chrome trim Monokote around the base of the nose cone. A little bit of chrome really adds a lot to the looks of some designs.
The black vinyl is my old standby - Contact Paper Blackboard material.






You have some freedom with some hatch decals, place them where you want.

TIP: Cut out the inside middle of the canopy decal so it will conform to the curvature of the nose cone.

3 comments:

  1. Holy Cats, Chris! You're doing this model PROUD. Awesome stuff, as usual!

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    1. Thanks Overeasy,
      This is one of those one out of twenty that may become a shelf queen. It's a little too nice to bang up on the field.

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  2. Another thing that's different from the catalog image are the nosecones on the pods.
    http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/nostalgia/72cen046.html
    I do recall that in the example of the kit I had, the pod nosecones were the rounded type rather than the longer "pointy" type pictured in the catalog and facecard.

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