Estes DARC-1, #7307 Build Part 16, Final Lug Fill, Clay & Plug

The tapered lug end required a few more forming passes using the sharpened dowel.

Trim, spin the dowel, raise the thin lip and trim again.

The joints along the lug and plastic wall was filled with some medium CA applied with a toothpick. Sand smooth. Repeat until the joint is smooth.

I pre-formed the clay weight to the shape of the body tube, a rounded cylinder.

Press into the interior body tube.

Push in place with a flat end dowel.

The laminated bulkhead cap is glued in the end of the body tube, even with the tube edge.