Even after the first trim of the C braces, the fit was too tight, still distorting the roundness of the core tube.
The side of the C braces had to be trimmed even more! I had enough disappointment for the night.
I waited a day or two before removing the card stock wire form retainers and then trimming the outside of the C braces again.
This made for about 1/16" total trimmed off with this second adjustment.
Here's how I fit the new retainer strips. The ends were cut on an angle to match up in the corner.
On the available PDF, the wire form retainers have been reduced to fit this smaller model. The PDF doesn't have all the shroud pieces, just the 75% reduced antennas and retainer stripes. The shroud prints are listed on YORF - CLICK HERE and look for post #21.
After the wires and retainers were in place, the outside edge was flattened with a burnisher.
Flattening the outside edge gave me a slightly wider gluing area.
No comments:
Post a Comment