The tip fins are glued onto the BT-5 pods.
These are a little tricky to lie up.
Sight down the fins from the rear.
Notice the leading edges of the two fins are even with the top edge of the pod tubes.
The two short launch lugs are glued off the body tube, spaced away to clear the lower shrouds.
The kit supplies spacing templates to help set the position and height of the lugs.
Here's the rear and forward lugs glued on.
Again sight from the rear. Check the alignment before applying final glue fillets.
TIP: Here I only applied a fillet to the outside edge of the lug. Sometimes it's too tight a space to apply and smooth a fillet on the body tube side.
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