Estes Odyssey #7235 Build, Part 19, Wing Detail Guns

I found it easier to place the vanes using tweezers.

Set the unit in the body tube (dry, not glue yet) to adjust and get a better fit on the sides against the body tube.

I had already sprayed the body tubes white as seen in the second photo above.

The tubes had the seams filled and filler/primer sprayed and sanded.

To paint the tubes white, I made a handle by splitting the end of a scrap BT-5 tube. The split end was crimped in and the kit tubes were pressed onto the cut tube. 

The silver gun details and nose cones were sprayed silver before being glued into the white tubes. The entire model will be sprayed gloss white, then these silver parts will be glued in.

Here's a dry fit - I like color separations without masking.

There was a slight gap where the silver vanes fit over the edge of the tube.

Looking at the face card picture, there is a silver band under the contact area around the tube.

Again, a dry fit of the silver painted end details.

I added a strip of chrome Monokote Trim around the the end. That will also fill the slight gap between the vanes and the tube.

This chrome trim was a test and was peeled off before gluing to the tubes on the outside edges of the wings and rudder. The chrome trim will be added back later.