Estes Green Eggs, #7301 Build, Part 2, Engine Mount

This was a pre-production kit so some changes may have been made. I had to make some adjustments for the fin tabs to fit over the black engine hook retaining ring.

I find it interesting how glue fillets are illustrated in the instructions. They don't mention smoothing out (and removing excess glue from) the fillets.

The BT-50 engine tube was marked at 1/2", 1" and 2 1/4" from the rear.

TIP: Use the black retaining ring to extend the pencil marks all the way around the tube.

TIP: Use the retainer ring against the back of the centering rings to make sure the ring is glued on straight.
Set the black ring up to the back of the white centering ring. Apply a glue fillet on the other side and smooth out the glue with a fingertip.
Don't glue the black ring in place.
Let the fillet set, then slide the black ring away from the back of the centering ring.
Apply a glue fillet to the back of the centering ring.

Use the same technique on the forward ring.
Slide up to the white ring and check for straight contact all the way around.
Apply a fillet to the other side and let dry. Slide the black ring away from the ring and apply a glue fillet to the ring/tube joint on the back.

The engine block is simply slid in from the top dry. Apply a fillet around the top joint.