Estes Colonial Viper #1310, Part 10, Gluing Together The Four Tubes

   

The alignment template is cut out. Cut the inside circle arcs first, then all the straight lines with a straight edge.

The older instructions say to lay a glue line down the short tubes, slide them through the alignment guide, then rotate the tube and glue line onto the center tube.

That might leave a glue mess. I like to have more control without leaving glue boogers everywhere.

To start, draw a line down the three short tubes. Sand away the primer right down the line. Re-draw the line.

I'm using very little glue at present, just enough to tack the tubes together. Adjustments might need to be made when the templates are slipped on.

You can glue the bottom two engine tubes on now, without using the guides. They are all even in the back and lay flat with the BT-50 center tube.

Here's the three engine tubes in place using the two alignment guides. 

So far I've used very little glue to set the outside three tubes. More will be added in the next post.