New Way Mars Snooper II, Build, Part 11, Vane Gluing & A Larger Tri-Fold Mount

The glue tends to bead up when applied to the edge of the vanes.

The picture on the right is after a fingertip was run down the sides of the fins. There is now a smooth, even glue bead.

TIPS: Apply the vanes in this order - 1, 3, 5, 7. Then fill in the spaces with vanes 2, 4, 6, 8.

This allows you to make fine spacing adjustments by centering the even number vanes between the odd number facing vanes.  

Fillets were applied to the root edges of the vanes.

It would be hard to reach under the upper shroud and smooth with sandpaper after the fins were glued on. 

I  gave the lower vanes a shot of gloss white.

Sanding followed with 400 grit.

The tri-fold mount seemed small.

I re-drew a new mount on some 65 lb. scrap card stock.